| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) | 12 Months Ended |
| Feb. 28, 2015 |
| Nature of Operations [Policy Text Block] | Nature of | | Leading Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries are involved in the development, production, marketing and distribution of the Company’s branded beverage brands and bottling for third parties. |
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| | The Company sells branded beverage products through its Integrated Distribution System (IDS) of distributors, wholesalers, and grocery chains. Its principal product lines include waters, juices and other premium beverages. The bottling plant provides bottling services for certain of the Company’s own products and for an external customer. The Company also uses the services of third party bottlers as required to meet its objectives. |
| Use of Estimates [Policy Text Block] | Use of | | The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported and disclosed in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. |
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| | On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates, including those related to inventories, trade receivables, useful lives of property, plant and equipment, income taxes, and stock-based compensation, among others. The reported amounts and note disclosure are determined using management’s best estimates based on assumptions that reflect the most probable set of economic conditions and planned course of action. Actual results could differ from those estimates. To the extent there are material differences between the estimates and the actual results, future results of operations will be affected. |
| Foreign Currency Translation [Policy Text Block] | Foreign Currency | | The Company’s functional and reporting currency is the Canadian dollar. Foreign-currency denominated transactions are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing at the time of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities have been translated into Canadian dollars at the year-end exchange rate. All such exchange gains and losses are included in the determination of income. |
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| Cash and Cash Equivalents [Policy Text Block] | Cash and Cash | | Amounts recognized as cash and cash equivalents include investments of surplus cash in highly liquid securities with maturities at date of purchase of three months or less. |
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| Accounts Receivable [Policy Text Block] | Accounts | | Accounts receivable invoices are recorded when the products are delivered and title transfers to customers or when bottling services are performed and collection of related receivables is reasonably assured. Allowances for doubtful accounts are based primarily on historical write-off experience. Account balances that are deemed uncollectible are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered remote. Allowances for doubtful accounts of $36,329 and $51,579 as of February 28, 2015 and February 28, 2014, respectively, are netted against accounts receivable. |
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| Inventory [Policy Text Block] | Inventory | | Raw materials and finished goods purchased for resale are valued at the lower of cost, determined on a first-in, first-out basis, and market value. Finished goods, produced from manufacturing operations, are valued at the lower of standard cost which approximates average cost of raw materials, direct labour and overhead and market value. The provisions for obsolete or excess inventory are based on estimated forecasted usage of inventories. A significant change in demand for certain products as compared to forecasted amounts may result in recording additional provisions for obsolete inventory. Provisions for obsolete or excess inventory are recorded as cost of goods sold. |
| Property, plant and equipment [Policy Text Block] | Property, plant | | Property, plant and equipment are recorded at cost and are amortized using the declining-balance method at annual rates as follows: |
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| Plant and equipment | 7% - 20% |
| Buildings | 5% |
| Automotive equipment | 20% |
| Land improvements | 8% |
| Furniture, fixtures, computer hardware and software | 20% |
| | Leasehold improvements are amortized over the lesser of their expected life or the lease term. |
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| | Management reviews property, plant and equipment for impairment when conditions exist that indicate the carrying amount of the assets may not be fully recoverable. If required an undiscounted operating cash flow analysis is completed to determine if impairment exists. When testing for impairment of assets held for use, assets and liabilities are grouped at the lowest level for which cash flows are separately identifiable. If impairment is determined to exist, the loss is calculated based on estimated fair value. |
| Leases [Policy Text Block] | Leases | | Leases are classified as either capital or operating in nature. Capital leases are those which substantially transfer the benefits and risks of ownership to the lessee. Obligations recorded under capital leases are reduced by the principal portion of lease payments. The imputed interest portion of the lease payment is charged to expense. |
| Revenue Recognition [Policy Text Block] | Revenue | | Revenue on sales of products is recognized when the products are delivered and title transfers to customers. Revenues from the provision of manufacturing, packaging or other services are recognized when the services are performed and collection of related receivables is reasonably assured. The Company records shipping and handling revenue as a component of sales revenue, and shipping and handling costs are included in the cost of sales. |
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| | Incentives offered to customers including rebates, cash discounts, volume discounts, and slotting fees are recorded as a reduction of net sales when sales are recognized. |
| Advertising Costs [Policy Text Block] | Advertising Costs | | Advertising costs, which also include samples, trade show, product demo, media promotion costs are expensed as incurred. During the years ended February 28 2015, February 28, 2014 and February 28, 2013, the Company incurred advertising costs of $553,187, $509,433 and $646,915, respectively. |
| Earnings (loss) per common share [Policy Text Block] | Earnings (loss) | | Basic EPS is computed by dividing net loss available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted EPS gives effect to all dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the year including stock options and warrants using the treasury stock method. In computing diluted EPS, the average stock price for the year is used in determining the number of shares assumed to be purchased from the exercise of stock options or warrants. |
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| Stock-Based Compensation [Policy Text Block] | Stock-Based | | Compensation costs are charged to the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income. Compensation costs for employees are amortized over the period from the grant date to the date the options vest. Compensation expense for non-employees is recognized over the vesting period. Compensation for non- employees is re-measured at each balance sheet date until the earlier of the vesting date or the date of completion of the service. Upon exercise of stock options, the consideration paid by the option holder, together with the amount previously recognized in additional paid-in capital, is recorded as an increase to share capital. |
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| | The Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to calculate the fair value of stock options at the date of grant. Option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected price volatility. Changes in these assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate. |
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| | Changes in fair value of options granted to non-employees that are accounted for as liabilities are recognized as stock compensation until fully vested, and after that time as change in fair value. |
| Income Tax [Policy Text Block] | Income Tax | | Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed based on differences between the carrying amount of assets and liabilities on the balance sheet and their corresponding tax values using the enacted income tax rates by tax jurisdiction when these differences are expected to be realized. Deferred income tax assets also result from unused loss carry-forwards and other deductions. The valuation of deferred income tax assets is reviewed annually and adjusted, if necessary, by use of a valuation allowance to reflect the estimated realizable amount. Significant management judgement is required in determining the provision for income taxes, the deferred income tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against the net future income tax assets. Management evaluates all available evidence, such as recent and expected future operating results by tax jurisdiction, and current and enacted tax legislation and other temporary differences between book and tax accounting to determine whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax assets will not be realized. Management has determined certain of these deferred tax assets do not meet the more likely than not criteria, and accordingly, these deferred income tax asset amounts have been partially offset by a valuation allowance (Note 10). No reserves for an uncertain tax position have been recorded for the years ended February 28, 2015 or February 28, 2014. |
| Comprehensive Income [Policy Text Block] | Comprehensive | | Comprehensive income includes both net earnings and other comprehensive income which are presented in a single continuous statement. |
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| Fair Value Measurements [Policy Text Block] | Fair Value | | The book value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their fair values due to the immediate or short-term maturity of those instruments. Based on borrowing rates currently available to the Company under similar terms, the book value of long term debt and capital lease obligations approximate their fair values. The fair value hierarchy under US GAAP is based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value which are the following: |
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| | Level 1 - quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; |
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| | Level 2 - observable inputs other than Level I, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active, and model-derived prices whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable; and |
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| | Level 3 - assets and liabilities whose significant value drivers are unobservable by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. |
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| | The Company had certain financial liabilities required to be recorded at fair value on a recurring basis in accordance with US GAAP. As at February 28, 2015 and February 28, 2014, the derivative liability on non-employee stock options is a financial liability classified for Level 3 fair value measurement. See Note 14 for more information. |
| Recent Accounting Pronouncements [Policy Text Block] | Recent | | In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) amended the definition of discontinued operations by limiting discontinued operations reporting to disposals of components of an entity that represent strategic shifts that have (or will have) a major effect on an entity’s operations and financial results. The provisions of the new guidance were effective prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal years ended after December 15, 2014. The adoption of this guidance had no impact on our financial statements. |
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| | In July 2013, the FASB issued guidance on the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits which better reflect the manner in which an entity would settle at the reporting date any additional income taxes that would result from the disallowance of a tax position when net operating loss carry forwards, similar tax losses, or tax credit carry forwards exist. The provisions of the new guidance were effective prospectively as of the beginning of the fiscal years ended after December 15, 2014. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our financial statements |
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| | In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standard Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606 (ASU 2014-09). To supersede existing revenue recognition guidance under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP. The core principle of ASU 2014-09 is to recognize revenues when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 defines a five steps process to achieve this core principle and, in doing so, it is possible more judgment and estimates may be required within the revenue recognition process than required under existing GAAP including identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 is effective for the fiscal and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 using either of two methods: (i) retrospective to each prior reporting period presented within the option to elect certain practical expedients as defined within ASU 2014-09; or (ii) retrospective with the cumulative effect of initially applying ASU 2014-09 recognized at the date of initial application and providing certain additional disclosures as defined per ASU 2014-09. We are currently evaluating the impact of our pending adoption of ASU 2014-09 on our financial statements. |
