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1 000 - Document - Document And Entity Information Network

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2 Document Information [Table] Table

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3 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
4 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
5 Document Information [Line Items] LineItems dei:DocumentInformationLineItems
6 Entity Registrant Name Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:EntityRegistrantName
7 Entity Central Index Key Concept (CIK Number) For Period dei:EntityCentralIndexKey
8 Trading Symbol Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:TradingSymbol
9 Current Fiscal Year End Date Concept (Month/Day) For Period dei:CurrentFiscalYearEndDate
10 Entity Filer Category Concept (Filer Category) For Period dei:EntityFilerCategory
11 Entity Current Reporting Status Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityCurrentReportingStatus
12 Entity Voluntary Filers Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityVoluntaryFilers
13 Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer
14 Entity Emerging Growth Company Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany
15 Entity Ex Transition Period Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityExTransitionPeriod
16 Entity Small Business Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntitySmallBusiness
17 Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding
18 Document Type Concept (Submission Type) For Period dei:DocumentType
19 Document Period End Date Concept (Date) For Period dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate
20 Document Fiscal Year Focus Concept (Year) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalYearFocus
21 Document Fiscal Period Focus Concept (Fiscal Period) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus
22 Amendment Flag Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:AmendmentFlag
23 Entity Shell Company Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityShellCompany
24 001 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Network

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26 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
27 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
28 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
29 Assets Abstract ifrs-full:AssetsAbstract
30 Current Abstract ifrs-full:CurrentAssetsAbstract
31 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
32 Short-term investments (Note 2) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentInvestments
33 Accounts receivable (Notes 2 and 4) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
34 Prepaids and other current assets (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentPrepaymentsAndOtherCurrentAssets
35 Inventory (Note 6) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
36 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
37 Property and equipment (Note 7 and 21) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
38 Patents and licenses (Note 8) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherIntangibleAssets
39 Intangible assets (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
40 Goodwill (Note 22) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
41 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
42 Liabilities Abstract ifrs-full:LiabilitiesAbstract
43 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 10) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
44 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
45 Deferred tax liability (Notes 22 and 23) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
46 Deferred rent Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RentDeferredIncomeClassifiedAsNoncurrent
47 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Liabilities
48 Shareholders' Equity Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAbstract
49 Share capital (Note 11(b)) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
50 Warrants (Note 12) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:IssuedWarrants
51 Contributed surplus (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:SharePremium
52 Accumulated other comprehensive loss Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncome
53 Deficit Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
54 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
55 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
56 002 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Operations and Deficit Network

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58 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
59 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
60 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
61 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
62 Cost of revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CostOfSales
63 Gross margin Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GrossProfit
64 Operating expenses Abstract ifrs-full:MaterialIncomeAndExpenseAbstract
65 Selling, marketing and administration (Note 20) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
66 Research and development (Note 20) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
67 Impairment loss (Notes 2, 7 and 21) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
68 Loss on disposal of property and equipment (Note 7) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:LossesOnDisposalsOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
69 Other income, including interest (Note 2) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherOperatingIncomeExpense
70 Operating expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OperatingExpense
71 Net loss from operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
72 Change in fair value of contingent consideration (Note 22) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainLossArisingFromDifferenceBetweenCarryingAmountOfFinancialLiabilityExtinguishedAndConsiderationPaid
73 Net loss before income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
74 Income tax recovery (Note 23) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
75 Net loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
76 Deficit, beginning of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
77 Net loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
78 Deficit, end of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
79 Basic and diluted net loss per share (Note 14) (in dollars per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicAndDilutedEarningsLossPerShare
80 003 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss Network

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82 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
83 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
84 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
85 Net loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
86 Other comprehensive (loss) income - net of income taxes Abstract ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeAbstract
87 Exchange differences on translating foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
88 Comprehensive loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
89 004 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Changes In Shareholders' Equity Network

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90 Statement Table [Table] Table

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91 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
92 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
93 Issued capital [member] Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
94 Warrants [member] Member ptk:WarrantsMember
95 Share premium [member] Member ifrs-full:SharePremiumMember
96 Amount recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in equity relating to non-current assets or disposal groups held for sale [member] Member ifrs-full:AmountRecognisedInOtherComprehensiveIncomeAndAccumulatedInEquityRelatingToNoncurrentAssetsOrDisposalGroupsHeldForSaleMember
97 Retained earnings [member] Member ifrs-full:RetainedEarningsMember
98 Classes of entity's own equity instruments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfEntitysOwnEquityInstrumentsAxis
99 Entity's own equity instruments [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysOwnEquityInstrumentsMember
100 Commons shares issued on business acquisitions [member] Member ptk:CommonsSharesIssuedOnBusinessAcquisitionsMember
101 Common shares issued to settle liabilities [member] Member ptk:CommonSharesIssuedToSettleLiabilitiesMember
102 Common shares issued on public offering [member] Member ptk:CommonSharesIssuedOnPublicOfferingMember
103 Warrants issued on public offering [member] Member ptk:WarrantsIssuedOnPublicOfferingMember
104 Compensation options issued to brokers [member] Member ptk:CompensationOptionsIssuedToBrokersMember
105 Warrants issued [member] Member ptk:WarrantsIssuedMember
106 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
107 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
108 Funds from the exercise of warrants and compensation warrants Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfWarrantsEquity
109 Fair value of warrants and compensation warrants exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueOfWarrantsAndCompensationWarrantsExercised
110 Funds from the exercise of stock options Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfOptions
111 Fair value of stock options exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueAssignedToStockOptionsExercised
112 Equity issued Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
113 Share issue costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ShareIssueRelatedCost
114 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
115 Fair value of expired warrants Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueOfExpiredWarrants
116 Stock-based compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
117 Exchange differences on translating foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
118 Net loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
119 005 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Network

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121 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
122 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
123 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
124 OPERATING ACTIVITIES Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivitiesAbstract
125 Net loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
126 Adjustments for: Abstract ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForReconcileProfitLossAbstract
127 Depreciation of property and equipment (Note 7) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDepreciationExpense
128 Amortization of patents and licenses (Note 8) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:AdjustmentsForAmortisationExpenseOfOtherIntangibles
129 Amortization of intangibles (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForAmortisationExpense
130 Loss on disposal of property and equipment (Note 7) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForGainLossOnDisposalsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
131 Impairment loss (Notes 2, 7 and 21) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossPropertyPlantAndEquipment
132 Stock-based compensation (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForSharebasedPayments
133 Change in fair value of contingent consideration (Note 22) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFairValueGainsLosses
134 Income tax recovery (Notes 22 and 23) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncomeTaxExpense
135 Deferred rent Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncome
136 Expected credit loss allowance (Notes 2 and 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForProvisions
137 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForReconcileProfitLoss
138 Net change in non-cash working capital accounts: Abstract ptk:NetChangeInNoncashWorkingCapitalAccountsAbstract
139 Accounts receivable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAccountReceivable
140 Prepaid and other current assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInOtherCurrentAssets
141 Inventory Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
142 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAndOtherPayables
143 Cash flows from operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
144 INVESTING ACTIVITIES Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivitiesAbstract
145 Cash proceeds from acquisitions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromLosingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
146 Proceeds from the disposal of property and equipment (Note 7) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromSalesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
147 Purchase of property and equipment (Note 7) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
148 Purchase of patents and licenses (Note 8) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfIntangibleAssetsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
149 Advances made prior to acquisition (Note 22) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashAdvancesAndLoansMadeToOtherPartiesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
150 Proceeds from the sale of short-term investments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInDecreaseIncreaseInShorttermDepositsAndInvestments
151 Cash flows from investing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
152 FINANCING ACTIVITIES Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivitiesAbstract
153 Issue of common shares for cash, net of issue costs (Note 11) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssueOfOrdinaryShares
154 Cash flows from financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
155 EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:EffectOfExchangeRateChangesOnCashAndCashEquivalents
156 NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
157 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
158 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
159 Purchase of property and equipment financed through accounts payable Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentIncurredButNotYetPaid
160 006 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Description of Business and Liquidity Network

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163 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
164 Private placement of convertible debentures [member] Member ptk:PrivatePlacementOfConvertibleDebenturesMember
165 Bridge loan [member] Member ptk:BridgeLoanMember
166 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
167 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
168 Issuannce of borrowings [member] Member ptk:IssuannceOfBorrowingsMember
169 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
170 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
171 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
172 Disclosure of additional information about understanding financial position and liquidity of entity [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfAdditionalInformationAboutUnderstandingFinancialPositionsAndLiquidityOfEntityExplanatory
173 007 - Disclosure - Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Network

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176 Investment [Domain] Member invest:InvestmentDomain
177 U.S. term deposits [member] Member ptk:USTermDepositsMember
178 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
179 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
180 Machinery and equipment [member] Member ptk:MachineryAndEquipmentMember
181 Leasehold improvements [member] Member ifrs-full:LeaseholdImprovementsMember
182 Office equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:OfficeEquipmentMember
183 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
184 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
185 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
186 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
187 Classes of intangible assets other than goodwill [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillAxis
188 Intangible assets other than goodwill [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillMember
189 Patents and licenses [member] Member ptk:PatentsAndLicensesMember
190 Customer-related intangible assets [member] Member ifrs-full:CustomerrelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
191 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
192 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
193 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
194 Disclosure of significant accounting policies [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSummaryOfSignificantAccountingPoliciesExplanatory
195 008 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements Network

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198 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
199 Adoption of a new accounting pronouncement [member] Member ptk:AdoptionOfANewAccountingPronouncementMember
200 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
201 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
202 IFRS 16 [member] Member ptk:IFRS16Member
203 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
204 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
205 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
206 Disclosure of changes in accounting policies, accounting estimates and errors [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfChangesInAccountingPoliciesAccountingEstimatesAndErrorsExplanatory
207 009 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Accounts Receivable Network

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210 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
211 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
212 Disclosure of trade and other receivables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTradeAndOtherReceivablesExplanatory
213 010 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Prepaids and Other Current Assets Network

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217 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
218 Disclosure of prepayments and other assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfPrepaymentsAndOtherAssetsExplanatory
219 011 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Inventory Network

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222 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
223 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
224 Disclosure of inventories [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInventoriesExplanatory
225 012 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Property and Equipment Network

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228 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
229 CANADA Member country:CA
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231 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
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233 Leaseholds improvements, machinery and office equipment [member] Member ptk:LeaseholdsImprovementsMachineryAndOfficeEquipmentMember
234 Machinery and office equipment [member] Member ptk:MachineryAndOfficeEquipmentMember
235 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
236 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
237 DenseLight and BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:DenselightAndBbPhotonicsMember
238 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
239 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
240 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
241 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
242 Disclosure of property, plant and equipment [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
243 013 - Disclosure - Note 8 - Patents and Licenses Network

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246 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
247 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
248 Disclosure of intangible assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIntangibleAssetsExplanatory
249 014 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Intangible Assets Network

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253 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
254 Disclosure of detailed information about intangible assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutIntangibleAssetsExplanatory
255 015 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Network

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258 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
259 Chief Executive Officer [Member] Member srt:ChiefExecutiveOfficerMember
260 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
261 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
262 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
263 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
264 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
265 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
266 Disclosure of trade and other payables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTradeAndOtherPayablesExplanatory
267 016 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Share Capital Network

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272 Warrants [member] Member ptk:WarrantsMember
273 Compensation options [member] Member ptk:CompensationOptionsMember
274 Measurement [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MeasurementAxis
275 Aggregated measurement [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedMeasurementMember
276 At fair value [member] Member ifrs-full:AtFairValueMember
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278 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
279 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
280 Disclosure of issued capital [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIssuedCapitalExplanatory
281 017 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Warrants Network

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285 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
286 Disclosure of share capital, reserves and other equity interest [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfShareCapitalReservesAndOtherEquityInterestExplanatory
287 018 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Stock Options and Contributed Surplus Network

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291 Ordinary shares [member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
292 Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
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296 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
297 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
298 Disclosure of share-based payment arrangements [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsExplanatory
299 019 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Loss Per Shares Network

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303 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
304 Disclosure of earnings per share [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfEarningsPerShareExplanatory
305 020 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies Network

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309 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
310 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfCommitmentsAndContingentLiabilitiesExplanatory
311 021 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Related Party Transactions Network

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316 Law firm that a director is counsel [member] Member ptk:LawFirmThatADirectorIsCounselMember
317 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
318 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
319 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
320 Disclosure of related party [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfRelatedPartyExplanatory
321 022 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Segment Information Network

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324 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
325 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
326 Disclosure of operating segments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOperatingSegmentsExplanatory
327 023 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Financial Instruments and Risk Management Network

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330 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
331 Currency risk [member] Member ifrs-full:CurrencyRiskMember
332 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
333 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
334 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
335 Disclosure of financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
336 024 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Capital Management Network

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339 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
340 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
341 Disclosure of objectives, policies and processes for managing capital [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfObjectivesPoliciesAndProcessesForManagingCapitalExplanatory
342 025 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Expenses Network

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345 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
346 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
347 Disclosure of expenses [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfExpensesExplanatory
348 026 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Non Current Asset Held For Sale Network

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352 At fair value [member] Member ifrs-full:AtFairValueMember
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354 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
355 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
356 Disclosure of non-current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNoncurrentAssetsOrDisposalGroupsClassifiedAsHeldForSaleExplanatory
357 027 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Business Acquisitions Network

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360 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
361 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
362 BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:BBPhotonicsMember
363 Classes of share capital [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalAxis
364 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalMember
365 Ordinary shares [member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
366 Ordinary shares committed, based on revenue [member] Member ptk:OrdinarySharesCommittedBasedOnRevenueMember
367 Ordinary shares, settlement agreement [member] Member ptk:OrdinarySharesSettlementAgreementMember
368 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
369 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
370 Current and past employees [member] Member ptk:CurrentAndPastEmployeesMember
371 Classes of liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfLiabilitiesAxis
372 Liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:LiabilitiesMember
373 Owing to EDB Investments Pte. Ltd [member] Member ptk:OwingToEDBInvestmentsPteLtdMember
374 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
375 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
376 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
377 Disclosure of business combinations [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfBusinessCombinationsExplanatory
378 028 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Income Taxes Network

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381 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
382 CANADA Member country:CA
383 UNITED STATES Member country:US
384 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
385 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
386 BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:BBPhotonicsMember
387 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
388 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
389 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
390 Disclosure of income tax [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIncomeTaxExplanatory
391 029 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Revenue Network

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394 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
395 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
396 Disclosure of revenue [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfRevenueExplanatory
397 030 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Subsequent Events Network

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399 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
400 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
401 Major business combination [member] Member ifrs-full:MajorBusinessCombinationMember
402 Potential ordinary share transactions [member] Member ifrs-full:PotentialOrdinaryShareTransactionsMember
403 Issuance of borrowings [member] Member ptk:IssuanceOfBorrowingsMember
404 Issuance of warrants [member] Member ptk:IssuanceOfWarrantsMember
405 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
406 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
407 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
408 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
409 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
410 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
411 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
412 Borrowings by name [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
413 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
414 Convertible debentures [member] Member ptk:ConvertibleDebenturesMember
415 Bridge loan [member] Member ptk:BridgeLoanMember
416 Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
417 Share-based payment arrangements [member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
418 Equity units [member] Member ptk:EquityUnitsMember
419 Compensation units [member] Member ptk:CompensationUnitsMember
420 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
421 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
422 Insiders of Poet Technologies [member] Member ptk:InsidersOfPoetTechnologiesMember
423 Insiders of IBK Capital [member] Member ptk:InsidersOfIBKCapitalMember
424 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
425 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
426 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
427 Disclosure of events after reporting period [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfEventsAfterReportingPeriodExplanatory
428 031 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) Network

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430 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
431 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
432 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
433 Discloure of Significant Accounting Policies Abstract ptk:DisclosureOfSignificantAccountingPoliciesAbstract
434 Description of accounting policy for basis of presentation [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForBasisOfPresentationTextBlock
435 Description of accounting policy for business combinations [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForBusinessCombinationsExplanatory
436 Description of accounting policy for foreign currency translation [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForForeignCurrencyTranslationExplanatory
437 Description of accounting policy for financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
438 Disclosure of derecognition [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDerecognitionTextBlock
439 Description of accounting policy for restricted cash and cash equivalents [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForRestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsExplanatory
440 Description of accounting policy for investments other than investments accounted for using equity method [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForInvestmentsOtherThanInvestmentsAccountedForUsingEquityMethodExplanatory
441 Description of accounting policy for trade and other receivables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForTradeAndOtherReceivablesExplanatory
442 Description of accounting policy for measuring inventories [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForMeasuringInventories
443 Description of accounting policy for property, plant and equipment [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
444 Description of accounting policy for other intangible assets other than goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForOtherIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillTextBlock
445 Description of accounting policy for impairment of assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForImpairmentOfAssetsExplanatory
446 Description of accounting policy for goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForGoodwillExplanatory
447 Description of accounting policy for income tax [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIncomeTaxExplanatory
448 Description of accounting policy for recognition of revenue [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForRecognitionOfRevenue
449 Description of accounting policy for other income and costs [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForOtherIncomeAndCostsTextBlock
450 Description of accounting policy for intangible assets other than goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillExplanatory
451 Description of accounting policy for share-based payment transactions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForSharebasedPaymentTransactionsExplanatory
452 Description of accounting policy for earnings per share [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForEarningsPerShareExplanatory
453 032 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Accounts Receivable (Tables) Network

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455 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
456 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
457 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
458 Disclosure of detailed information of trade and other receivables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfTradeAndOtherReceivablesTextBlock
459 033 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Prepaids and Other Current Assets (Tables) Network

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460 Statement Table [Table] Table

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461 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
462 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
463 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
464 Disclosure of detailed information of prepayments and other assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfPrepaymentsAndOtherAssetsTextBlock
465 034 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Inventory (Tables) Network

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467 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
468 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
469 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
470 Disclosure of detailed information of inventories [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfInventoriesTextBlock
471 035 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Property and Equipment (Tables) Network

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474 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
475 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
476 Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
477 036 - Disclosure - Note 8 - Patents and Licenses (Tables) Network

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478 Statement Table [Table] Table

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479 Classes of intangible assets other than goodwill [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillAxis
480 Intangible assets other than goodwill [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillMember
481 Patents and licenses [member] Member ptk:PatentsAndLicensesMember
482 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
483 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
484 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
485 Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in intangible assets and goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfReconciliationOfChangesInIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillExplanatory
486 037 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Intangible Assets (Tables) Network

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487 Statement Table [Table] Table

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489 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
490 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
491 Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in intangible assets and goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfReconciliationOfChangesInIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillExplanatory
492 038 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Tables) Network

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495 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
496 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
497 Disclosure of detailed information about trade and other payables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutTradeAndOtherPayablesTextBlock
498 039 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Share Capital (Tables) Network

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502 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
503 Disclosure of classes of share capital [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfClassesOfShareCapitalExplanatory
504 040 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Warrants (Tables) Network

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507 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
508 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
509 Disclosure of detailed information about warrants [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutWarrantsTextBlock
510 041 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Stock Options and Contributed Surplus (Tables) Network

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511 Statement Table [Table] Table

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513 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
514 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
515 Disclosure of number and weighted average exercise prices of share options [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNumberAndWeightedAverageExercisePricesOfShareOptionsExplanatory
516 Disclosure of indirect measurement of fair value of goods or services received, share options granted during period [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIndirectMeasurementOfFairValueOfGoodsOrServicesReceivedShareOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodExplanatory
517 Disclosure of range of exercise prices of outstanding share options [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfRangeOfExercisePricesOfOutstandingShareOptionsExplanatory
518 Disclosure of share premium [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfSharePremiumTextBlock
519 042 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Loss Per Shares (Tables) Network

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522 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
523 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
524 Earnings per share [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareExplanatory
525 043 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) Network

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528 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
529 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
530 Disclosure of finance lease and operating lease by lessee [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceLeaseAndOperatingLeaseByLesseeExplanatory
531 044 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Related Party Transactions (Tables) Network

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534 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
535 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
536 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesExplanatory
537 045 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Segment Information (Tables) Network

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539 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
540 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
541 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
542 Disclosure of geographical areas [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGeographicalAreasExplanatory
543 046 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Tables) Network

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546 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
547 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
548 Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
549 Disclosure of provision matrix [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfProvisionMatrixExplanatory
550 047 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Capital Management (Tables) Network

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553 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
554 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
555 Disclosure of detailed information about objectives, policies and processes for managing capital [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutObjectivesPoliciesAndProcessesForManagingCapitalTextBlock
556 048 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Expenses (Tables) Network

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559 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
560 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
561 Disclosure of expenses by nature [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfExpensesByNatureExplanatory
562 049 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Business Acquisitions (Tables) Network

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563 Statement Table [Table] Table

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565 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
566 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
567 Disclosure of detailed information about business combinations [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutBusinessCombinationsExplanatory
568 050 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Income Taxes (Tables) Network

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569 Statement Table [Table] Table

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570 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
571 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
572 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
573 Disclosure of detailed information about income tax [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutIncomeTaxTextBlock
574 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsExplanatory
575 051 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Revenue (Tables) Network

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578 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
579 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
580 Disclosure of performance obligations [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfPerformanceObligationsExplanatory
581 Disclosure of changes in contract with customer balances [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfChangesInContractWithCustomerBalancesTextBlock
582 052 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Subsequent Events (Tables) Network

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583 Statement Table [Table] Table

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584 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
585 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
586 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
587 Disclosure of assets and liabilities classified as held for sale [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ptk:DisclosureOfAssetsAndLiabilitiesClassifiedAsHeldForSaleTextBlock
588 053 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Description of Business and Liquidity (Details Textual) Network

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591 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
592 Private placement of convertible debentures [member] Member ptk:PrivatePlacementOfConvertibleDebenturesMember
593 Bridge loan [member] Member ptk:BridgeLoanMember
594 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
595 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
596 Issuannce of borrowings [member] Member ptk:IssuannceOfBorrowingsMember
597 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
598 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
599 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
600 Retained earnings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
601 Working capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:WorkingCapital
602 Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
603 Offering, maximum amount to raise Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:OfferingMaximumAmountToRaise
604 Proceeds from borrowings, classified as financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
605 Borrowings, interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
606 Borrowings, interest rate, monthly payable Concept (Percent) As Of ptk:BorrowingsInterestRateMonthlyPayable
607 Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:LineOfCreditMaximumBorrowingCapacity
608 054 - Disclosure - Note 2 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) Network

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612 U.S. term deposits [member] Member ptk:USTermDepositsMember
613 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
614 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
615 Machinery and equipment [member] Member ptk:MachineryAndEquipmentMember
616 Leasehold improvements [member] Member ifrs-full:LeaseholdImprovementsMember
617 Office equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:OfficeEquipmentMember
618 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
619 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
620 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
621 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
622 Classes of intangible assets other than goodwill [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillAxis
623 Intangible assets other than goodwill [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillMember
624 Patents and licenses [member] Member ptk:PatentsAndLicensesMember
625 Customer-related intangible assets [member] Member ifrs-full:CustomerrelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
626 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
627 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
628 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
629 Total cash Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Cash
630 Current investments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentInvestments
631 Investment Interest Rate Range End Concept (Pure) For Period invest:InvestmentInterestRateRangeEnd
632 Restricted cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalents
633 Restricted cash and cash equivalents, monthly reduction Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:RestrictedCashAndCashEquivalentsMonthlyReduction
634 Useful life, property plant and equipment Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ptk:UsefulLifePropertyPlantAndEquipment
635 Useful life, intangible assets Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ptk:UsefulLifeIntangibleAssets
636 Impairment loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLoss
637 Applicable tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ApplicableTaxRate
638 Tax effect from change in tax rate Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectFromChangeInTaxRate
639 Income from government grants Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromGovernmentGrants
640 Research and development credit accrued and/or collected Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:ResearchAndDevelopmentCreditAccruedAndorCollected
641 Reserach and development expense recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:ReserachAndDevelopmentExpenseRecovery
642 Transfers of research and development to entity, related party transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:TransfersOfResearchAndDevelopmentToEntityRelatedPartyTransactions
643 055 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Details Textual) Network

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645 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
646 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
647 Adoption of a new accounting pronouncement [member] Member ptk:AdoptionOfANewAccountingPronouncementMember
648 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
649 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
650 IFRS 16 [member] Member ptk:IFRS16Member
651 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
652 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
653 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
654 Total lease liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LeaseLiabilities
655 Right-of-use assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:RightofuseAssets
656 056 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Accounts Receivable - Components of Accounts Receivable (Details) Network

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659 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
660 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
661 Product sales Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:CurrentTradeReceivablesGross
662 Loss allowance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:ProvisionForTradeReceivables
663 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
664 057 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Prepaids and Other Current Assets - Components of Prepaid and Other Current Assets (Details) Network

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666 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
667 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
668 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
669 Sales tax recoverable and other current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxAssetsCurrent
670 Research and development credit Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:ResearchAndDevelopmentCredit
671 Security deposits on leased properties Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ShorttermDepositsNotClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
672 Prepaid expenses Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentPrepayments
673 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentPrepaymentsAndOtherCurrentAssets
674 058 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Inventory (Details Textual) Network

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676 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
677 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
678 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
679 Net write-downs (reversals of write-downs) of inventories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:WritedownsReversalsOfInventories
680 059 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Inventory - Components of Inventory (Details) Network

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682 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
683 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
684 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
685 Raw materials Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:RawMaterials
686 Finished goods Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinishedGoods
687 Work in process Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:WorkInProgress
688 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
689 060 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Property and Equipment (Details Textual) Network

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691 Geographical [Axis] Axis srt:StatementGeographicalAxis
692 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
693 CANADA Member country:CA
694 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
695 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
696 Machinery and equipment [member] Member ptk:MachineryAndEquipmentMember
697 Leaseholds improvements, machinery and office equipment [member] Member ptk:LeaseholdsImprovementsMachineryAndOfficeEquipmentMember
698 Machinery and office equipment [member] Member ptk:MachineryAndOfficeEquipmentMember
699 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
700 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
701 DenseLight and BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:DenselightAndBbPhotonicsMember
702 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
703 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
704 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
705 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
706 Disposals, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DisposalsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
707 Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromSalesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
708 Losses on disposals of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:LossesOnDisposalsOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
709 Additions other than through business combinations, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
710 Purchase of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
711 Property, plant and equipment, temporarily idle Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentTemporarilyIdle
712 Acquisitions through business combinations, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
713 Decrease through classified as held for sale, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DecreaseThroughClassifiedAsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
714 Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossPropertyPlantAndEquipment
715 061 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Property and Equipment - Components of Property and Equipment (Details) Network

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717 Carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment and gross carrying amount [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis
718 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
719 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
720 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
721 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
722 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
723 Equipment not ready for use [member] Member ptk:EquipmentNotReadyForUseMember
724 Leasehold improvements [member] Member ifrs-full:LeaseholdImprovementsMember
725 Machinery and equipment [member] Member ptk:MachineryAndEquipmentMember
726 Office equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:OfficeEquipmentMember
727 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
728 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
729 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
730 Balance, property and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
731 Additions, property and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
732 Disposals, property and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DisposalsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
733 Reclassification, property and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughClassifiedAsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
734 Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates, property and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughNetExchangeDifferencesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
735 Balance, property and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
736 Depreciation for the year, property and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DepreciationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
737 Property and equipment (Note 7 and 21) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
738 062 - Disclosure - Note 8 - Patents and Licenses - Components of Patents and Licenses (Details) Network

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740 Classes of intangible assets other than goodwill [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillAxis
741 Intangible assets other than goodwill [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillMember
742 Patents and licenses [member] Member ptk:PatentsAndLicensesMember
743 Carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment and gross carrying amount [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis
744 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
745 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
746 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
747 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
748 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
749 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
750 Balance, patents and licenses Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherIntangibleAssets
751 Additions, intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
752 Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates, intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughOtherChangesIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwill
753 Balance, patents and licenses Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherIntangibleAssets
754 Amortization, intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:AmortisationIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
755 Balance, patents and licenses Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherIntangibleAssets
756 063 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Intangible Assets - Components of Intangible Assets (Details) Network

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758 Carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment and gross carrying amount [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis
759 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
760 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
761 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
762 Classes of intangible assets other than goodwill [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillAxis
763 Intangible assets other than goodwill [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillMember
764 Technology-based intangible assets [member] Member ifrs-full:TechnologybasedIntangibleAssetsMember
765 Customer-related intangible assets [member] Member ifrs-full:CustomerrelatedIntangibleAssetsMember
766 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
767 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
768 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
769 BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:BBPhotonicsMember
770 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
771 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
772 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
773 Balance, intangible assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
774 Acquired through the acquisition of DenseLight, intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwill
775 Balance, intangible assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
776 Amortization, intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:AmortisationIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
777 064 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details Textual) Network

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779 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
780 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
781 Chief Executive Officer [Member] Member srt:ChiefExecutiveOfficerMember
782 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
783 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
784 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
785 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
786 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
787 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
788 Amounts payable, related party transactions Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AmountsPayableRelatedPartyTransactions
789 Short-term employee benefits accruals Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermEmployeeBenefitsAccruals
790 065 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities - Components of Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Details) Network

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792 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
793 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
794 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
795 Trade payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayablesToTradeSuppliers
796 Payroll related liabilities (1) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermEmployeeBenefitsAccruals
797 Accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AccrualsClassifiedAsCurrent
798 Lease commitment Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLeaseLiabilities
799 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
800 066 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Share Capital (Details Textual) Network

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802 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
803 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
804 Equity units [member] Member ptk:EquityUnitsMember
805 Warrants [member] Member ptk:WarrantsMember
806 Compensation options [member] Member ptk:CompensationOptionsMember
807 Measurement [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MeasurementAxis
808 Aggregated measurement [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedMeasurementMember
809 At fair value [member] Member ifrs-full:AtFairValueMember
810 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
811 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
812 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
813 Total number of shares issued Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
814 Weighted average share price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageSharePrice
815 Proceeds from issuing shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssuingShares
816 Number of common shares per equity unit issued Concept (Decimal) As Of ptk:NumberOfCommonSharesPerEquityUnitIssued
817 Number of common shares purchase warrants per equity unit issued Concept (Decimal) As Of ptk:NumberOfCommonSharesPurchaseWarrantsPerEquityUnitIssued
818 Number of common shares entitled per whole warrant Concept (Integer) As Of ptk:NumberOfCommonSharesEntitledPerWholeWarrant
819 Weighted average exercise price of other equity instruments exercised or vested in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExercisedOrVestedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
820 Class of Warrant or Right, Term Concept (Decimal) For Period ptk:ClassOfWarrantOrRightTerm
821 Brokerage fee expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:BrokerageFeeExpense
822 Share issue related cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ShareIssueRelatedCost
823 Expected dividend as percentage, warrants Concept (Percent) For Period ptk:ExpectedDividendAsPercentageWarrants
824 Risk free interest rate, warrants Concept (Percent) For Period ptk:RiskFreeInterestRateWarrants
825 Expected volatility, warrants Concept (Percent) For Period ptk:ExpectedVolatilityWarrants
826 Issued warrants Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:IssuedWarrants
827 Broker gross proceeds percentage commision Concept (Percent) For Period ptk:BrokerGrossProceedsPercentageCommision
828 Number of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
829 Number of equity units exercisable per compensation option Concept (Shares) As Of ptk:NumberOfEquityUnitsExercisablePerCompensationOption
830 Number of units acquired Concept (Shares) For Period ptk:NumberOfUnitsAcquired
831 Price per unit of units acquired Concept (Share) For Period ptk:PricePerUnitOfUnitsAcquired
832 Units acquired, gross proceeds Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:UnitsAcquiredGrossProceeds
833 Issued compensation options Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:IssuedCompensationOptions
834 067 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Share Capital - Common Shares Issued (Details) Network

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837 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalMember
838 Ordinary shares [member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
839 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
840 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
841 Common shares issued on public offering [member] Member ptk:CommonSharesIssuedOnPublicOfferingMember
842 Fair value of warrants issued [member] Member ptk:FairValueOfWarrantsIssuedMember
843 Common shares issued to settle liabilities [member] Member ptk:CommonSharesIssuedToSettleLiabilitiesMember
844 Commons shares issued on business acquisitions [member] Member ptk:CommonsSharesIssuedOnBusinessAcquisitionsMember
845 Shares issued on the exercise of stock options [member] Member ptk:SharesIssuedOnTheExerciseOfStockOptionsMember
846 Fair value of stock options exercised [member] Member ptk:FairValueOfStockOptionsExercisedMember
847 Warrants issued on public offering [member] Member ptk:WarrantsIssuedOnPublicOfferingMember
848 Warrants issued to brokers [member] Member ptk:WarrantsIssuedToBrokersMember
849 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
850 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
851 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
852 Common shares outstanding (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
853 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
854 Shares issued (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstanding
855 Equity issued Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
856 Share issue costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ShareIssueRelatedCost
857 Shares issued on the exercise of stock options (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ptk:CommonSharesIssuedOnTheExerciseOfStockOptions
858 Funds from the exercise of stock options Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfOptions
859 Fair value of stock options exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueAssignedToStockOptionsExercised
860 Shares issued on the exercise of warrants and compensation warrants (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ptk:NumberOfCommonSharesIssuedOnTheExerciseOfWarrants
861 Funds from the exercise of warrants and compensation warrants Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfWarrantsEquity
862 Fair value of warrants and compensation warrants exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueOfWarrantsAndCompensationWarrantsExercised
863 Share issue costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ShareIssueRelatedCost
864 Fair value of warrants and compensation warrants exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueOfWarrantsAndCompensationWarrantsExercised
865 Common shares outstanding (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
866 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
867 068 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Warrants - Components of Warrants (Details) Network

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870 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
871 Warrants [member] Member ptk:WarrantsMember
872 Classes of entity's own equity instruments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfEntitysOwnEquityInstrumentsAxis
873 Entity's own equity instruments [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysOwnEquityInstrumentsMember
874 Compensation options issued to brokers [member] Member ptk:CompensationOptionsIssuedToBrokersMember
875 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
876 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
877 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
878 Balance, warrants, average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
879 Balance, number of warrants Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOtherEquityInstrumentsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
880 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
881 Warrants issued, warrants, average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
882 Warrants issued, number of warrants Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOtherEquityInstrumentsGranted
883 Equity issued Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
884 Warrants and compensation warrants exercised, warrants, average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExercisedOrVestedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
885 Warrants and compensation warrants exercised, number of warrants Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExercisedOrVestedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
886 Fair value of warrants and compensation warrants exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueOfWarrantsAndCompensationWarrantsExercised
887 Expired, warrants, average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
888 Expired, number of warrants Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
889 Fair value of expired warrants Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueOfExpiredWarrants
890 Warrants and compensation warrants exercised, warrants, average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExercisedOrVestedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
891 Balance, warrants, average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
892 Balance, number of warrants Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOtherEquityInstrumentsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
893 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
894 069 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Stock Options and Contributed Surplus (Details Textual) Network

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898 Ordinary shares [member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
899 Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
900 Share-based payment arrangements [member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
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902 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
903 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
904 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
905 Number of shares authorised Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesAuthorised
906 Share-based payment plan, maximum percentage of issued and outstanding shares Concept (Percent) As Of ptk:SharebasedPaymentPlanMaximumPercentageOfIssuedAndOutstandingShares
907 Expense from share-based payment transactions with employees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseFromSharebasedPaymentTransactionsWithEmployees
908 070 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Stock Options and Contributed Surplus - Stock Options Transactions and Outstanding (Details) Network

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911 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
912 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
913 Balance, number of options Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
914 Balance, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
915 Expired/cancelled, number of options Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
916 Expired/cancelled, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
917 Exercised, number of options Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
918 Exercised, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
919 Granted, number of options Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
920 Granted, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
921 Balance, number of options Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
922 Balance, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
923 071 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Stock Options and Contributed Surplus - Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (Details) Network

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927 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
928 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
929 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
930 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
931 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
932 Weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ExercisePriceShareOptionsGranted
933 Weighted average risk-free interest rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfRiskFreeInterestRateShareOptionsGranted
934 Weighted average dividend yield Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ExpectedDividendAsPercentageShareOptionsGranted
935 Weighted average volatility Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfExpectedVolatilityShareOptionsGranted
936 Weighted average estimated life (in years) Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfOptionLifeShareOptionsGranted
937 Weighted average share price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageSharePriceShareOptionsGranted
938 Share price on the various grant dates: (in dollars per share) Concept (Share) For Period ptk:WeightedAverageRangeOfSharePricesAtGrantDate
939 Weighted average fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:WeightedAverageFairValueAtMeasurementDateShareOptionsGranted
940 072 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Stock Options and Contributed Surplus - Exercise Price Range Disclosure (Details) Network

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943 Ranges of exercise prices for outstanding share options [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesOfExercisePricesForOutstandingShareOptionsMember
944 Exercise price range one [member] Member ptk:ExercisePriceRangeOneMember
945 Exercise price range two [member] Member ptk:ExercisePriceRangeTwoMember
946 Exercise price range three [member] Member ptk:ExercisePriceRangeThreeMember
947 Exercise price range four [member] Member ptk:ExercisePriceRangeFourMember
948 Exercise price range five [member] Member ptk:ExercisePriceRangeFiveMember
949 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
950 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
951 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
952 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
953 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
954 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
955 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
956 Exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:ExercisePriceOfOutstandingShareOptions
957 Outstanding stock options Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
958 Stock options outstanding, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
959 Outstanding stock options, weighted average remaining contractual life Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageRemainingContractualLifeOfOutstandingShareOptions
960 Options exercisable Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisableInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
961 Options exercisable, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExercisableInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
962 073 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Stock Options and Contributed Surplus - Components of Contributed Surplus (Details) Network

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964 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
965 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
966 Share premium [member] Member ifrs-full:SharePremiumMember
967 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
968 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
969 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
970 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
971 Stock-based compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
972 Fair value of stock options exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueAssignedToStockOptionsExercised
973 Fair value of expired warrants Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTheFairValueOfExpiredWarrants
974 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
975 074 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Loss Per Share - Components of Loss Per Share (Details) Network

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977 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
978 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
979 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
980 Net loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
981 Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
982 Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:AdjustedWeightedAverageShares
983 Basic and diluted loss per share (in dollars per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicAndDilutedEarningsLossPerShare
984 075 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) Network

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986 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
987 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
988 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
989 Minimum operating lease payments recognised as expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:MinimumOperatingLeasePayments
990 076 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Commitments and Contingencies - Remaining Minimum Annual Rental Payments (Details) Network

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992 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
993 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
994 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
995 Later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearMember
996 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
997 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
998 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
999 Remaining minimum annual rental payments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumLeasePaymentsPayableUnderNoncancellableOperatingLease
1000 077 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Related Party Transactions (Details Textual) Network

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1001 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1002 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
1003 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
1004 Director [Member] Member srt:DirectorMember
1005 Law firm that a director is counsel [member] Member ptk:LawFirmThatADirectorIsCounselMember
1006 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1007 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1008 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1009 Services received, related party transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ServicesReceivedRelatedPartyTransactions
1010 078 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Related Party Transactions - Key Management Personnel (Details) Network

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1013 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1014 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1015 Salaries Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationShorttermEmployeeBenefits
1016 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationSharebasedPayment
1017 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensation
1018 079 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Segment Information - Geographical Information (Details) Network

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1021 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
1022 SINGAPORE Member country:SG
1023 UNITED STATES Member country:US
1024 CANADA Member country:CA
1025 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1026 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1027 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1028 Current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
1029 Property, plant and equipment at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1030 Patents and licenses Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherIntangibleAssets
1031 Goodwill and intangible assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwill
1032 Total Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
1033 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1034 Cost of revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CostOfSales
1035 Selling, marketing and administration Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
1036 Research and development Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
1037 Impairment loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1038 Other income including interest income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherOperatingIncomeExpense
1039 Net loss from operations before income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
1040 Losses on disposals of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:LossesOnDisposalsOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1041 Changes in fair value of contingent consideration Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainLossArisingFromDifferenceBetweenCarryingAmountOfFinancialLiabilityExtinguishedAndConsiderationPaid
1042 080 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Details Textual) Network

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1045 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
1046 Currency risk [member] Member ifrs-full:CurrencyRiskMember
1047 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1048 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1049 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1050 Value at risk Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:ValueAtRisk
1051 081 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Components of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details) Network

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1053 Classes of financial instruments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialInstrumentsAxis
1054 Financial instruments, class [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialInstrumentsMember
1055 Cash [member] Member ptk:CashMember
1056 Financial guarantee contracts [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialGuaranteeContractsMember
1057 Trade receivables [member] Member ifrs-full:TradeReceivablesMember
1058 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities [member] Member ptk:AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesMember
1059 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1060 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1061 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1062 Financial assets at fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValue
1063 Financial assets at amortised cost Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtAmortisedCost
1064 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, at amortised cost Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesAtAmortisedCost
1065 082 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Financial Instruments and Risk Management - Accounts Receivable Aging (Details) Network

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1067 Past due status [axis] Axis ifrs-full:PastDueStatusAxis
1068 Past due status [member] Member ifrs-full:PastDueStatusMember
1069 Current [member] Member ifrs-full:CurrentMember
1070 Later than one month and not later than two months [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneMonthAndNotLaterThanTwoMonthsMember
1071 Later than two months and not later than three months [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoMonthsAndNotLaterThanThreeMonthsMember
1072 Later than three months [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanThreeMonthsMember
1073 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1074 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1075 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1076 Product sales Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:CurrentTradeReceivablesGross
1077 Loss allowance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:ProvisionForTradeReceivables
1078 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1079 083 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Capital Management - Components of Capital (Details) Network

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1082 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1083 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1084 Cash Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
1085 Shareholders' equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalCommitments
1086 084 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Expenses - Components of Expenses (Details) Network

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1089 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1090 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1091 Wages and benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseWagesAndSalaries
1092 Subcontract fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseSubcontractFees
1093 Stock-based compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseStockbasedCompensation
1094 Supplies Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpenseSupplies
1095 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
1096 Stock-based compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalSellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseStockbasedCompensation
1097 Wages and benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalSellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseWagesAndBenefits
1098 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalSellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseDepreciationAndAmortization
1099 General expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalSellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseGeneralExpenses
1100 Professional fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalSellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseProfessionalFees
1101 Management and consulting fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalSellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseManagementAndConsulting
1102 Rent and facility costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalSellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpenseRentAndFacilityCosts
1103 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
1104 085 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Non Current Asset Held For Sale (Details Textual) Network

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1107 Aggregated measurement [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedMeasurementMember
1108 At fair value [member] Member ifrs-full:AtFairValueMember
1109 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1110 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1111 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1112 Increase (decrease) through transfers, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1113 Property, plant and equipment at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1114 Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1115 Decrease through classified as held for sale, property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DecreaseThroughClassifiedAsHeldForSalePropertyPlantAndEquipment
1116 Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromSalesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
1117 Property, plant and equipment fair value used as deemed cost Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentFairValueUsedAsDeemedCost
1118 086 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Business Acquisitions (Details Textual) Network

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1121 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
1122 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
1123 BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:BBPhotonicsMember
1124 Classes of share capital [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalAxis
1125 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalMember
1126 Ordinary shares [member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
1127 Ordinary shares committed, based on revenue [member] Member ptk:OrdinarySharesCommittedBasedOnRevenueMember
1128 Ordinary shares, settlement agreement [member] Member ptk:OrdinarySharesSettlementAgreementMember
1129 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
1130 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
1131 Current and past employees [member] Member ptk:CurrentAndPastEmployeesMember
1132 Classes of liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfLiabilitiesAxis
1133 Liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:LiabilitiesMember
1134 Owing to EDB Investments Pte. Ltd [member] Member ptk:OwingToEDBInvestmentsPteLtdMember
1135 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1136 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1137 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1138 Equity interests of acquirer Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityInterestsOfAcquirer
1139 Number of instruments or interests issued or issuable Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOrInterestsIssuedOrIssuable
1140 Weighted average share price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageSharePrice
1141 Cash transferred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CashTransferred
1142 Liabilities incurred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilitiesIncurred
1143 Maximum ownership percentage transaction allowed in the fist fiscal year after acquisition Concept (Percent) For Period ptk:MaximumOwnershipPercentageTransactionAllowedInInTheFirstFiscalYearAfterAcquisition
1144 Maximum ownership percentage transactions allowed in the second fiscal year after acquisition Concept (Percent) For Period ptk:MaximumOwnershipPercentageTransactionsAllowedInTheSecondFiscalYearAfterAcquisition
1145 Fair value of acquired receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FairValueOfAcquiredReceivables
1146 Share issue related cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ShareIssueRelatedCost
1147 Amounts receivable, related party transactions Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AmountsReceivableRelatedPartyTransactions
1148 Purchase agreement, value of shares issuable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:PurchaseAgreementValueOfSharesIssuable
1149 Discount rate used in current estimate of value in use Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfDiscountRatesUsedInCurrentEstimateOfValueInUse
1150 Contingent liabilities recognised in business combination at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ContingentLiabilitiesRecognisedInBusinessCombination
1151 Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueOfAcquiree
1152 Profit (loss) of acquiree since acquisition date Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossOfAcquiree
1153 Revenue of combined entity as if combination occurred at beginning of period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueOfCombinedEntity
1154 Profit (loss) of combined entity as if combination occurred at beginning of period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossOfCombinedEntity
1155 Deferred tax liabilities recognised as of acquisition date Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1156 Adjustments for deferred tax of prior periods Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDeferredTaxOfPriorPeriods
1157 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
1158 Amortisation, intangible assets other than goodwill Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:AmortisationIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1159 Deferred tax liability recovered Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:DeferredTaxLiabilityRecovered
1160 087 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Business Acquisitions - Purchase Price Allocation of DenseLight and BB Phontonics (Details) Network

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1162 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
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1165 BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:BBPhotonicsMember
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1167 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalMember
1168 Ordinary shares [member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
1169 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1170 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1172 Equity interests of acquirer Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityInterestsOfAcquirer
1173 Liabilities incurred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilitiesIncurred
1174 Total consideration transferred, acquisition-date fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AcquisitiondateFairValueOfTotalConsiderationTransferred
1175 Recognised amounts of identifiable net assets: Abstract ifrs-full:AmountsRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDateForEachMajorClassOfAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedAbstract
1176 Cash Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalentsRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1177 Fair value of acquired receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FairValueOfAcquiredReceivables
1178 Prepaid and other current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:PrepaidAndOtherCurrentAssetsRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1179 Inventory Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InventoryRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1180 Property and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1181 Customer relationships Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CustomerrelatedIntangibleAssetsRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1182 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
1183 Trade payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayablesRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1184 Loans and advances Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:BorrowingsRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1185 Deferred tax liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1186 Net assets acquired Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IdentifiableAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumed
1187 Equity interests of acquirer Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityInterestsOfAcquirer
1188 Intangibles Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IdentifiableIntangibleAssetsRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1189 088 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Business Acquisitions - Purchase Price Allocation of DenseLight and BB Phontonics (Details) (Parentheticals) Network

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1194 BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:BBPhotonicsMember
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1196 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalMember
1197 Ordinary shares [member] Member ifrs-full:OrdinarySharesMember
1198 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1199 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1200 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1201 Number of instruments or interests issued or issuable Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOrInterestsIssuedOrIssuable
1202 089 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) Network

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1205 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
1206 CANADA Member country:CA
1207 UNITED STATES Member country:US
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1209 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
1210 BB Photonics [member] Member ptk:BBPhotonicsMember
1211 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1212 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1213 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1214 Applicable tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ApplicableTaxRate
1215 Tax effect from change in tax rate Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectFromChangeInTaxRate
1216 Increase (decrease) through business combinations, deferred tax liability (asset) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughBusinessCombinationsDeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1217 090 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Income Taxes - Components of Income Taxes (Details) Network

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1220 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1221 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1222 Net loss before taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
1223 Expected current income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:ExpectedCurrentIncomeTaxRecovery
1224 Deferred tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDeferredTaxOfPriorPeriods
1225 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TotalAmountOfExpectedAndActualIncomeTaxRecorded
1226 Amounts not deductible for tax purposes Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfExpenseNotDeductibleInDeterminingTaxableProfitTaxLoss
1227 Other non-deductible items Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherTaxEffectsForReconciliationBetweenAccountingProfitAndTaxExpenseIncome
1228 Deductible share issuance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TaxEffectOfDeductibleShareIssuanceCosts
1229 Fair value consideration Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TaxEffectOfFairValueConsideration
1230 Impact of US statutory income tax rate change (1) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectFromChangeInTaxRate
1231 Foreign tax differential Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfForeignTaxRates
1232 Unrecognized tax recovered (losses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:TaxEffectOfUnrecognizedTaxRecoveredLosses
1233 Income tax recovery recognized Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1234 091 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Income Taxes - Future Income Tax Assets (Details) Network

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1238 Resource assets [member] Member ptk:ResourceAssetsMember
1239 Gross unamortized share issue costs [member] Member ptk:GrossUnamortizedShareIssueCostsMember
1240 Canadian non-capital losses [member] Member ptk:CanadianNoncapitalLossesMember
1241 US non-capital losses [member] Member ptk:USNoncapitalLossesMember
1242 Singapore non-capital losses [member] Member ptk:SingaporeNoncapitalLossesMember
1243 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1244 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1245 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1246 Temporary differences Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:DeductibleTemporaryDifferencesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetIsRecognised
1247 Non-capital losses Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetRecognised
1248 Concept (Monetary) As Of ptk:UnusedTaxCreditsAndLossesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetRecognised
1249 Unrecognized deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of ptk:AccumulatedChangeInFutureIncomeTaxAssetsRecognised
1250 Deferred income tax assets recognized Concept (Monetary) As Of ptk:FutureIncomeTaxAssetsRecognized
1251 092 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Revenue (Details Textual) Network

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1254 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1255 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1256 Transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TransactionPriceAllocatedToRemainingPerformanceObligations
1257 093 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Revenue - Dissagregation of Revenue (Details) Network

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1259 Performance obligations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:PerformanceObligationsAxis
1260 Performance obligations [member] Member ifrs-full:PerformanceObligationsMember
1261 Performance obligations satisfied at point in time [member] Member ifrs-full:PerformanceObligationsSatisfiedAtPointInTimeMember
1262 Performance obligations satisfied over time [member] Member ifrs-full:PerformanceObligationsSatisfiedOverTimeMember
1263 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1264 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1265 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1266 Non-contract revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:RevenueNotFromContractWithCustomers
1267 Contract revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromContractsWithCustomers
1268 Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1269 094 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Revenue - Revenue Contract Balances (Details) Network

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1271 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1272 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1273 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1274 Balance, receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ReceivablesFromContractsWithCustomers
1275 Revenues recognized, receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromContractsWithCustomers
1276 Changes due to payment, fulfillment of performance obligations or other, receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:DecreaseThroughPerformanceObligationBeingSatisfiedContractAssets
1277 Balance, receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ReceivablesFromContractsWithCustomers
1278 Balance, liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ContractLiabilities
1279 Revenues recognized, liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ptk:RevenueFromContractLiabilitiesWithCustomers
1280 Changes due to payment, fulfillment of performance obligations or other, liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ptk:IncreaseThroughAssumptionOfPerformanceObligationContractLiabilities
1281 Changes due to payment, fulfillment of performance obligations or other, liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DecreaseThroughPerformanceObligationBeingSatisfiedContractLiabilities
1282 Balance, liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ContractLiabilities
1283 095 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Subsequent Events (Details Textual) Network

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1286 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
1287 Major business combination [member] Member ifrs-full:MajorBusinessCombinationMember
1288 Potential ordinary share transactions [member] Member ifrs-full:PotentialOrdinaryShareTransactionsMember
1289 Issuance of borrowings [member] Member ptk:IssuanceOfBorrowingsMember
1290 Issuance of warrants [member] Member ptk:IssuanceOfWarrantsMember
1291 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
1292 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
1293 DenseLight [member] Member ptk:DenselightMember
1294 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1295 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1296 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1297 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1298 Borrowings by name [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
1299 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
1300 Convertible debentures [member] Member ptk:ConvertibleDebenturesMember
1301 Bridge loan [member] Member ptk:BridgeLoanMember
1302 Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
1303 Share-based payment arrangements [member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
1304 Equity units [member] Member ptk:EquityUnitsMember
1305 Compensation units [member] Member ptk:CompensationUnitsMember
1306 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
1307 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
1308 Insiders of Poet Technologies [member] Member ptk:InsidersOfPoetTechnologiesMember
1309 Insiders of IBK Capital [member] Member ptk:InsidersOfIBKCapitalMember
1310 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1311 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1312 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1313 Total consideration transferred, acquisition-date fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AcquisitiondateFairValueOfTotalConsiderationTransferred
1314 Liabilities incurred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilitiesIncurred
1315 Proceeds from borrowings, classified as financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
1316 Number of common shares per equity unit issued Concept (Decimal) As Of ptk:NumberOfCommonSharesPerEquityUnitIssued
1317 Total borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1318 Borrowings, interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
1319 Number of common shares purchase warrants per equity unit issued Concept (Decimal) As Of ptk:NumberOfCommonSharesPurchaseWarrantsPerEquityUnitIssued
1320 Borrowings yet to be issued Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:BorrowingsYetToBeIssued
1321 Number of common shares entitled per whole warrant Concept (Integer) As Of ptk:NumberOfCommonSharesEntitledPerWholeWarrant
1322 Borrowings, interest rate, monthly payable Concept (Percent) As Of ptk:BorrowingsInterestRateMonthlyPayable
1323 Convertible borrowings, conversion price Concept (Share) As Of ptk:ConvertibleBorrowingsConversionPrice
1324 Convertible borrowings, shares callable Concept (Shares) As Of ptk:ConvertibleBorrowingsSharesCallable
1325 Number of equity units exercisable per compensation option Concept (Shares) As Of ptk:NumberOfEquityUnitsExercisablePerCompensationOption
1326 Weighted average exercise price of other equity instruments exercised or vested in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExercisedOrVestedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1327 Equity units, expiration period Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ptk:EquityUnitsExpirationPeriod
1328 Subscription, percent Concept (Percent) As Of ptk:SubscriptionPercent
1329 Subscription Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:Subscription
1330 Line of credit, maximum borrowing capacity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:LineOfCreditMaximumBorrowingCapacity
1331 Number of shares called by warrants Concept (Shares) As Of ptk:NumberOfSharesCalledByWarrants
1332 Exercise price of warrants Concept (Share) As Of ptk:ExercisePriceOfWarrants
1333 096 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Subsequent Events - Assets and Liabilities of Disposal Group (Details) Network

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1334 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1336 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
1337 Disposal of major subsidiary [member] Member ifrs-full:DisposalOfMajorSubsidiaryMember
1338 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1339 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1340 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ptk:StatementLineItems
1341 Accounts receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:AccountsReceivableClassifiedAsPartOfDisposalGroupHeldForSale
1342 Prepaids and other current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:PrepaidsAndOtherCurrentAssetsClassifiedAsPartOfDisposalGroupHeldForSale
1343 Inventories Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:InventoriesClassifiedAsPartOfDisposalGroupHeldForSale
1344 Equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:EquipmentClassifiedAsPartOfDisposalGroupHeldForSale
1345 Intangible assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:IntangibleAssetsClassifiedAsPartOfDisposalGroupHeldForSale
1346 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ptk:GoodwillClassifiedAsPartOfDisposalGroupHeldForSale
1347 Assets of disposal group held for sale Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssetsOrDisposalGroupsClassifiedAsHeldForSale
1348 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesIncludedInDisposalGroupsClassifiedAsHeldForSale
1349 Deferred liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ptk:DeferredLiabilitiesIncludedInDisposalGroupsClassifiedAsHeldForSale
1350 Disposal group liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilitiesIncludedInDisposalGroupsClassifiedAsHeldForSale

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