Income Tax - Schedule of Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities (Detail) - USD ($) |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
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| Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] | ||
| Non-Capital Losses | $ 47,679,897 | $ 37,012,271 |
| Qualifying Research and Development expenditures | 1,493,309 | 1,493,309 |
| Share issue costs and other | 1,622,533 | 1,562,116 |
| Total tax assets | 50,795,739 | 40,067,696 |
| Tax assets not recognized | (50,795,739) | (40,067,696) |
| Net deferred tax assets | $ 0 | $ 0 |
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- Definition The amounts of income taxes recoverable in future periods in respect of: (a) deductible temporary differences; (b) the carryforward of unused tax losses; and (c) the carryforward of unused tax credits. [Refer: Temporary differences [member]; Unused tax credits [member]; Unused tax losses [member]] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of deferred tax assets net of deferred tax liabilities, when the absolute amount of deferred tax assets is greater than the absolute amount of deferred tax liabilities. [Refer: Deferred tax assets; Deferred tax liabilities] Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Deferred tax assets not recognized amount. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred tax non capital losses. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred tax qualifying research and development expenditures. No definition available.
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- Definition Deferred tax share issue costs and other. No definition available.
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