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309 Timing Associated with Remaining Contractual Payments Relating to Financial Liabilities Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:MaturityAnalysisForNonderivativeFinancialLiabilities
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312 Summary of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value by Level within Fair Value Hierarchy Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFairValueMeasurementExplanatory
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374 Disclosure of Outstanding Share Purchase Options Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period wpm:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutNumberOfSharePurchaseOptionsOutstandingExplanatory
375 Disclosure of Restricted Share Units Reserve Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period wpm:DisclosureOfChangesInRestrictedShareUnitsReserveExplanatory
376 Disclosure of Long Term Investment Revaluation Reserve Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period wpm:DisclosureOfChangesInLongTermInvestmentRevaluationReserveExplanatory
377 1052 - Disclosure - Stock Based Compensation (Tables) Network

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381 1053 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share ("EPS") and Diluted Earnings per Share ("Diluted EPS") (Tables) Network

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385 Summary of Share Purchase Options and Share Purchase Warrants Excluded From Computation of Diluted Earnings Per Share Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period wpm:DilutiveEarningsPerShareExcludedFromCalculationOfDilutiveEarningPerShareExplanatory
386 1054 - Disclosure - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables) Network

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390 1055 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Tables) Network

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395 Schedule of Income Tax Recognized Directly in Equity Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period wpm:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationOfIncomeTaxRecognizedDirectlyInEquityExplanatory
396 Schedule of Provision for Income taxes Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period wpm:DisclosureOfProvisionForIncomeTaxesExplanatory
397 Deferred Income Tax Assets and Liabilities Recognized Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period wpm:DisclosureOfDeferredIncomeTaxAssetsAndLiabilitiesExplanatory
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399 1056 - Disclosure - Related Party Transactions (Tables) Network

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403 1057 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies (Tables) Network

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408 1058 - Disclosure - Segmented Information (Tables) Network

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413 1059 - Disclosure - Description of Business and Nature of Operations - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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446 1061 - Disclosure - Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty and Critical Accounting Judgments - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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461 1062 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Classification of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Detail) Network

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484 1063 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Maximum Exposure to Credit Risk Related to Financial Assets (Detail) Network

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495 1064 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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525 1065 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Timing Associated with Remaining Contractual Payments Relating to Financial Liabilities (Detail) Network

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533 2020 [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanTwoYearsMember
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544 1066 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Timing Associated with Remaining Contractual Payments Relating to Financial Liabilities (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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551 1067 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Summary of Carrying Amounts of Canadian Dollar Denominated Monetary Assets and Monetary Liabilities (Detail) Network

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567 Current taxes payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxLiabilities
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570 1068 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Summary of Sensitivity to 10% Increase or Decrease in Canadian Dollar Relative to United States Dollar (Detail) Network

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579 1069 - Disclosure - Financial Instruments - Summary of Financial Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value by Level within Fair Value Hierarchy (Detail) Network

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594 Convertible note receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:ConvertibleNotesReceivable
595 Total net financial assets measured at fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:NetFinancialAssetsMeasuredAtFairValue
596 1070 - Disclosure - Revenue - Summary of Revenue (Detail) Network

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621 1071 - Disclosure - Revenue - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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640 1072 - Disclosure - General and Administrative - Summary of General and Administrative Expense (Detail) Network

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641 Disclosure Of Details About General And Administrative Expense [table] Table

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658 1073 - Disclosure - General and Administrative - Summary of General and Administrative Expense (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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659 Implied Table Table

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662 1074 - Disclosure - Other (Income) Expense - Summary of Other (Income) Expense (Detail) Network

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680 Loss on fair value adjustment of Kutcho Convertible Note Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:ConvertibleNoteFairValueAdjustment
681 Other Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:OtherMiscellaneousIncome
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683 1075 - Disclosure - Other (Income) Expense - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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698 1076 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivable - Summary of Accounts Receivable (Detail) Network

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703 Total accounts receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
704 1077 - Disclosure - Mineral Stream Interests - Schedule of Mineral Stream Interests (Detail) Network

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743 1078 - Disclosure - Mineral Stream Interests - Schedule of Mineral Stream Interests (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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744 Disclosure Of Silver And Gold Stream Interests [table] Table

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768 1079 - Disclosure - Mineral Stream Interests - Classification of Mining Interest (Detail) Network

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769 Disclosure Of Silver And Gold Stream Interests [table] Table

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802 1080 - Disclosure - Mineral Stream Interests - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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803 Disclosure Of Silver And Gold Stream Interests [table] Table

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821 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [axis] Axis ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeAxis
822 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [member] Member ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember
823 First Majestic [member] Member wpm:FirstMajesticMember
824 Cobalt Interests [axis] Axis wpm:CobaltInterestsAxis
825 Cobalt Interests [domain] Member wpm:CobaltInterestsDomain
826 Voisey's Bay [member] Member wpm:VoiseysBayMember
827 Silver Interest [axis] Axis wpm:SilverInterestAxis
828 Silver Interest [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestMember
829 San Dimas [member] Member wpm:SanDimasMember
830 Restructuring of Mineral Stream Interest [axis] Axis wpm:RestructuringOfMineralStreamInterestAxis
831 Restructuring of Mineral Stream Interest Domain Member wpm:RestructuringOfMineralStreamInterestDomain
832 Restructuring of san dimas precious metal purchase agreement [member] Member wpm:RestructuringOfSanDimasPreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementMember
833 Silver And Gold Interests [axis] Axis wpm:SilverAndGoldInterestsAxis
834 Silver And Gold Interests [domain] Member wpm:SilverAndGoldInterestsDomain
835 Silver and gold interests [member] Member wpm:SilverAndGoldInterestsMember
836 Disclosure Of Mineral Stream Interests [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfMineralStreamInterestsLineItems
837 Attributable Payable Production to be Purchased Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchased
838 Number of silver ounces to be delivered before sharing mechanism applies Concept (num:massItemType) As Of wpm:NumberOfSilverOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeSharingMechanismApplies
839 Attributable Payable Production to be Purchased there after Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchasedThereAfter
840 Cash consideration received upon disposal of mineral stream interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:CashConsiderationReceivedUponDisposalOfMineralStreamInterest
841 Number of common shares received Concept (Shares) As Of wpm:NumberOfCommonSharesReceived
842 Fair value of shares received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:FairValueOfSharesReceived
843 Cash consideration received upon terminating silver delivery guarantee Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:CashConsiderationReceivedUponTerminatingSilverDeliveryGuarantee
844 Gain on disposal of silver streaming interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:GainLossOnDisposalOfShares
845 Upfront cash consideration paid Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UpfrontCashConsiderationPaid
846 Percentage of silver production to be Converted to gold and purchased Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfSilverProductionToBeConvertedToGoldAndPurchased
847 Gold to silver exchange ratio Concept (Pure) For Period wpm:GoldToSilverExchangeRatio
848 Per Ounce Cash Payment Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:CashPaymentPerOunce
849 Cobalt pounds to be delivered before entitlement step down takes effect Concept (num:massItemType) As Of wpm:CobaltPoundsToBeDeliveredBeforeEntitlementStepDownTakesEffect
850 Percentage of metal production at the mine which WPM is entitled to after step down Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfMetalProductionAtTheMineWhichWPMIsEntitledToAfterStepDown
851 Per pound cash payment as a percentage of the spot price of metal delivered Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PerPoundCashPaymentAsPercentageOfSpotPriceOfMetalDelivered
852 Percentage of spot price of metal thereafter Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfSpotPriceOfMetalThereafter
853 Fixed payable rate Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:FixedPayableRate
854 Fixed payable rate Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:FixedPayableRatePercentage
855 Percentage of production Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionPurchased
856 Number of ounces to be delivered before first step down in entitlement percentage Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:NumberOfOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeFirstStepDownInEntitlementPercentage
857 Percentage of production to be purchased after first step down Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchasedAfterFirstStepDown
858 Number of ounces to be delivered before second step down in entitlement percentage Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:NumberOfOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeSecondStepDownInEntitlementPercentage
859 Percentage of production to be purchased after second step down Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchasedAfterSecondStepDown
860 Per ounce cash payment as a percentage of the spot price of metal delivered Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PerOunceCashPaymentAsPercentageOfThePerOuncePriceReceivedRelatedToMetalDelivered
861 Per ounce cash payment as a percentage of the spot price of metal delivered after upfront deposit reduced to NIL Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PerOunceCashPaymentAsPercentageOfTheSpotPriceOfMetalDeliveredAfterUpfrontDepositReducedToNil
862 Percentage of outstanding shares owned Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfIssuedAndOutstandingCommonSharesOwned
863 Exchange ratio description Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:DescriptionOfExchangeRatio
864 1081 - Disclosure - Mineral Stream Interests - Disclosure of Gain on Disposal of Mineral Stream Interest (Detail) Network

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865 Disclosure Of Silver And Gold Stream Interests [table] Table

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866 Silver Interest [axis] Axis wpm:SilverInterestAxis
867 Silver Interest [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestMember
868 San Dimas [member] Member wpm:SanDimasMember
869 Mine Operator [axis] Axis wpm:MineOperatorAxis
870 Mine Operator [member] Member wpm:MineOperatorMember
871 Goldcorp Inc. [member] Member wpm:GoldcorpIncMember
872 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [axis] Axis ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeAxis
873 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [member] Member ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember
874 First Majestic [member] Member wpm:FirstMajesticMember
875 Disclosure Of Mineral Stream Interests [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfMineralStreamInterestsLineItems
876 Cash received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:CashConsiderationReceivedUponDisposalOfMineralStreamInterest
877 Fair value of First Majestic shares received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:FairValueOfSharesReceived
878 Fee from Goldcorp in exchange for release from the guarantee of deliveries relative to San Dimas Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:CashConsiderationReceivedUponTerminatingSilverDeliveryGuarantee
879 Total net proceeds from the disposal of the San Dimas SPA Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:ProceedsFromDisposalOfSilverInterest
880 Less: carrying value plus closing costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:MineralStreamInterestCarryingValuePlusClosingCosts
881 Gain on disposal of the San Dimas SPA Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsOnDisposalsOfInvestments
882 1082 - Disclosure - Impairment of Mineral Stream Interests - Schedule of Impairment of Mineral Stream Interests (Detail) Network

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883 Disclosure of impairment loss and reversal of impairment loss [table] Table

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884 Mineral Stream Interests [axis] Axis wpm:MineralStreamInterestsAxis
885 Mineral Stream Interests [domain] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestsDomain
886 Silver interests [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestsMember
887 Silver Interest [axis] Axis wpm:SilverInterestAxis
888 Silver Interest [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestMember
889 Other silver interests [member] Member wpm:OtherSilverInterestsMember
890 Other silver interests [axis] Axis wpm:OtherSilverInterestsAxis
891 Other silver interests [domain] Member wpm:OtherSilverInterestsDomain
892 Pascua-Lama [member] Member wpm:PascualamaMember
893 Disclosure of Impairment Loss and Reversal of Impairment Loss [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfImpairmentLossAndReversalOfImpairmentLossLineItems
894 Total impairment charges Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLoss
895 1083 - Disclosure - Impairment of Mineral Stream Interests - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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896 Disclosure of impairment loss and reversal of impairment loss [table] Table

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897 Silver Interest [axis] Axis wpm:SilverInterestAxis
898 Silver Interest [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestMember
899 Other silver interests [member] Member wpm:OtherSilverInterestsMember
900 Mineral Stream Interests [axis] Axis wpm:MineralStreamInterestsAxis
901 Mineral Stream Interests [domain] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestsDomain
902 Silver interests [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestsMember
903 Other silver interests [axis] Axis wpm:OtherSilverInterestsAxis
904 Other silver interests [domain] Member wpm:OtherSilverInterestsDomain
905 Pascua-Lama [member] Member wpm:PascualamaMember
906 Disclosure of Impairment Loss and Reversal of Impairment Loss [Line Items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfImpairmentLossAndReversalOfImpairmentLossLineItems
907 Gold reserves reclassified to gold resources Concept (Integer) For Period wpm:GoldReservesReclassifiedToGoldResources
908 Silver reserves reclassified to silver resources Concept (Integer) For Period wpm:SilverReservesReclassifiedToSilverResources
909 Precious metal purchase agreement carrying value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementCarryingValue
910 Recoverable amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:RecoverableAmountOfAssetOrCashgeneratingUnit
911 Total impairment charges Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLoss
912 Discount rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DiscountRateUsedInCurrentMeasurementOfFairValueLessCostsOfDisposal
913 Inflationary factor applied on gold and silver nominal prices thereafter for the NPV methodology Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfInflationaryFactorAppliedOnGoldAndSilverPricesForNPVMethodologies
914 Nominal silver price per ounce used to calculate the fair value less cost of disposal of each silver interest using the NPV methodology Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:NominalSilverPriceUsedToEstimateFVLCDOfEachSilverInterestUsingNPV
915 1084 - Disclosure - Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests - Summary of Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests (Detail) Network

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916 Disclosure Of Silver And Gold Stream Interests [table] Table

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917 Early deposit mineral stream interests [axis] Axis wpm:EarlyDepositMineralStreamInterestsAxis
918 Early deposit mineral stream interests domain Member wpm:EarlyDepositMineralStreamInterestsDomain
919 Cotabambas [member] Member wpm:CotabambasMember
920 Toroparu [member] Member wpm:ToroparuMember
921 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
922 Disclosure Of Mineral Stream Interests [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfMineralStreamInterestsLineItems
923 Name of mine owner Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:NameOfMineOwner
924 Location of Mine Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:LocationOfMine
925 Upfront Consideration Paid to Date Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UpfrontCashConsiderationPaid
926 Upfront Consideration to be Paid Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UpfrontCashConsiderationToBePaid
927 Total Upfront Consideration Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:TotalUpfrontCashPaymentForEarlyDepositPreciousMetalStreamingInterest
928 Gold Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PurchaseOfGoldStreamingInterestAsAPercentOfLifeOfTotalGoldProductionAtMine
929 Silver Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PurchaseOfSilverStreamingInterestAsAPercentOfLifeOfTotalSilverProductionAtMine
930 Term of Agreement Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:TermOfMiningAgreement
931 1085 - Disclosure - Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests - Summary of Early Deposit Mineral Stream Interests (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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932 Disclosure Of Silver And Gold Stream Interests [table] Table

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933 Products and services [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesAxis
934 Products and services [member] Member ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesMember
935 Gold [member] Member wpm:GoldMember
936 Silver [member] Member wpm:SilverMember
937 Early deposit mineral stream interests [axis] Axis wpm:EarlyDepositMineralStreamInterestsAxis
938 Early deposit mineral stream interests domain Member wpm:EarlyDepositMineralStreamInterestsDomain
939 Cotabambas [member] Member wpm:CotabambasMember
940 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
941 Disclosure Of Mineral Stream Interests [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfMineralStreamInterestsLineItems
942 Silver Equivalent ounces to be delivered before entitlement step down takes effect Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:SilverEquivalentOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeEntitlementStepDownTakesEffect
943 Percentage of silver production at the mine which WPM is entitled to after step down Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfSilverProductionAtTheMineWhichWPMIsEntitledToAfterStepDown
944 Percentage of gold production at the mine which WPM is entitled to after step down Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfGoldProductionAtTheMineWhichWPMIsEntitledToAfterStepDown
945 Gold ounces to be delivered before entitlement step down takes effect Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:GoldOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeEntitlementStepDownTakesEffect
946 Silver ounces to be delivered before entitlement step down takes effect Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:SilverOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeEntitlementStepDownTakesEffect
947 1086 - Disclosure - Mineral Royalty Interest - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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948 Disclosure Of Royalty Arrangements [table] Table

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949 Royalty interests [axis] Axis wpm:RoyaltyInterestsAxis
950 Royalty interests [domain] Member wpm:RoyaltyInterestsDomain
951 Metates Properties [member] Member wpm:MetatesPropertiesMember
952 Disclosure Of Royalty Arrangements [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfRoyaltyArrangementsLineItems
953 Net smelter return royalty percentage Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:NetSmelterReturnRoyaltyPercentage
954 Upfront cash payment for Royalty interest Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UpfrontCashPaymentForRoyaltyInterest
955 Ratio of royalty which may be reacquired by the Mine Operator Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:RatioOfRoyaltyWhichMayBeReacquiredByTheMineOperator
956 Net smelter return royalty percentage which may be repurchased Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:NetSmelterReturnRoyaltyPercentageWhichMayBeRepurchased
957 Total consideration owed by Mine Operator upon election of reacquisition of royalty interest Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:ConsiderationOwedByMineOperatorUponElectionOfReacquisitionOfRoyaltyInterest
958 Revenues recognized in royalty agreement Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:RevenuesRecognizedInRoyaltyAgreement
959 Depletion in royalty agreement Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:DepletionInRoyaltyAgreement
960 1087 - Disclosure - Investment in Associate - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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961 Disclosure of associates [table] Table

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962 Components of investments in associate [axis] Axis wpm:ComponentsOfInvestmentsInAssociateAxis
963 Components of investments in associate [domain] Member wpm:ComponentsOfInvestmentsInAssociateDomain
964 Equity investment [member] Member wpm:EquityInvestmentMember
965 Investment in warrants [member] Member wpm:InvestmentInWarrantsMember
966 Associates [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInAssociatesAxis
967 Entity's total for associates [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForAssociatesMember
968 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
969 Disclosure of associates and joint ventures [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesLineItems
970 Number of shares of associate owned Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:NumberOfSharesOfAssociateOwned
971 Number of share purchase warrants of associate owned Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:NumberOfSharePurchaseWarrantsOfAssociateOwned
972 Total consideration Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfInterestsInAssociates
973 Amount advanced in exchange for convertible note receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:AmountAdvancedInExchangeForConvertibleNoteReceivable
974 Coupon rate on convertible note receivable Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:CouponRateOnConvertibleNoteReceivable
975 Number of shares issued and outstanding by associate Concept (Shares) As Of wpm:NumberOfSharesIssuedAndOutstandingByAssociate
976 Fully diluted ownership percentage of associate Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:FullyDilutedOwnershipPercentageOfAssociate
977 Non-fully diluted potential ownership percentage of associate Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:NonfullyDilutedPotentialOwnershipPercentageOfAssociate
978 Undiluted ownership percentage of associate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInAssociate
979 1088 - Disclosure - Investment in Associate - Disclosure of Investment in Associate (Detail) Network

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980 Disclosure of associates [table] Table

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981 Components of investments in associate [axis] Axis wpm:ComponentsOfInvestmentsInAssociateAxis
982 Components of investments in associate [domain] Member wpm:ComponentsOfInvestmentsInAssociateDomain
983 Equity investment [member] Member wpm:EquityInvestmentMember
984 Associates [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInAssociatesAxis
985 Entity's total for associates [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForAssociatesMember
986 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
987 Disclosure of associates and joint ventures [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesLineItems
988 Carrying Value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInAssociates
989 Share of Associates Losses Included in Net Earnings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfAssociatesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
990 1089 - Disclosure - Convertible Note Receivable - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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991 Convertible note receivable [table] Table

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992 Components of investments in associate [axis] Axis wpm:ComponentsOfInvestmentsInAssociateAxis
993 Components of investments in associate [domain] Member wpm:ComponentsOfInvestmentsInAssociateDomain
994 Convertible note receivable [member] Member wpm:ConvertibleNoteReceivableMember
995 Associates [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInAssociatesAxis
996 Entity's total for associates [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForAssociatesMember
997 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
998 Convertible note receivable [line items] LineItems wpm:ConvertibleNoteReceivableLineItems
999 Amount advanced in exchange for convertible note receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:ConvertibleNotesReceivable
1000 Coupon rate on convertible note receivable Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:CouponRateOnConvertibleNoteReceivable
1001 Convertible note original term to maturity Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:ConvertibleNoteOriginalTermToMaturity
1002 Maximum interest payment deferral period Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:MaximumInterestPaymentDeferralPeriod
1003 Option to defer interest payment criteria Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:OptionToDeferInterestPaymentCriteria
1004 Conversion price per share Concept (Share) As Of wpm:ConversionPricePerShare
1005 Minimum period required for early repayment Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period wpm:MinimumPeriodRequiredForEarlyRepayment
1006 Prepayment cash penalty as a percentage of the outstanding loan amount if pre-paid on or after 24 months until 36 months Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PrepaymentCashPenaltyAsPercentageOfTheOutstandingLoanAmountIfPrepaidOnOrAfterTwnetyFourMonthsUntilThirtySixMonths
1007 Loan amount outstanding period for covering 25% of prepayment penalty Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:LoanAmountOutstandingPeriodForCoveringTwentyFivePercentageOfPrepaymentPenalty
1008 Prepayment cash penalty as a percentage of the outstanding loan amount if pre-paid on or after 36 months until 60 months Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PrepaymentCashPenaltyAsPercentageOfTheOutstandingLoanAmountIfPrepaidOnOrAfterThirtySixMonthsUntilSixtyMonths
1009 Loan amount outstanding period for covering 20% of prepayment penalty Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:LoanAmountOutstandingPeriodForCoveringTwentyPercentageOfPrepaymentPenalty
1010 Prepayment cash penalty as a percentage of the outstanding loan amount if pre-paid on or after 60 months until maturity Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PrepaymentCashPenaltyAsPercentageOfTheOutstandingLoanAmountIfPrepaidOnOrAfterSixtyMonthsUntilMaturity
1011 Loan amount outstanding period for covering 15% of prepayment penalty Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:LoanAmountOutstandingPeriodForCoveringFifteenPercentageOfPrepaymentPenalty
1012 1090 - Disclosure - Convertible Note Receivable - Schedule of Company's Convertible Note Receivable (Detail) Network

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1014 Convertible note receivable [abstract] Abstract wpm:ConvertibleNoteReceivableAbstract
1015 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:ConvertibleNotesReceivableBeginningBalance
1016 Amount advanced Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:AmountAdvancedInExchangeForConvertibleNoteReceivable
1017 Fair value gain (loss) reflected in net earnings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueAdjustmentOnConvertibleNote
1018 Ending balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:ConvertibleNotesReceivableEndingBalance
1019 1091 - Disclosure - Long-Term Equity Investments - Summary of Long-Term Equity Investments (Detail) Network

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1020 Implied Table Table

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1021 Long term investments 1 [abstract] Abstract wpm:LongTermInvestments1Abstract
1022 Long-term investments - common shares held Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentInvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsDesignatedAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
1023 Long-term investments - warrants held Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:LongTermInvestmentsWarrantsHeld
1024 Long-term investments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:InvestmentInSecuritiesOfPubliclyListedMiningCompanies
1025 1092 - Disclosure - Long-Term Equity Investments - Summary of Common Shares Held (Detail) Network

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1026 Long term investments common shares held [table] Table

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1027 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [axis] Axis ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeAxis
1028 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [member] Member ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember
1029 Bear Creek [member] Member wpm:BearCreekMember
1030 Sabina [member] Member wpm:SabinaMember
1031 Arizona Mining [member] Member wpm:ArizonaMiningMember
1032 First Majestic [member] Member wpm:FirstMajesticMember
1033 Other investments [member] Member wpm:OtherInvestmentsMember
1034 Long term investments - common shares held [line items] LineItems wpm:LongTermInvestmentsCommonSharesHeldLineItems
1035 Shares owned Concept (Shares) As Of wpm:NumberOfSharesOwned
1036 Percentage of outstanding shares owned Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfIssuedAndOutstandingCommonSharesOwned
1037 Fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentInvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsDesignatedAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
1038 Fair value adjustment gains (losses) included in OCI Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeBeforeTaxGainsLossesFromInvestmentsInEquityInstruments
1039 Realized gain on disposal Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:RealizedGainOrLossOnDisposalOfEquityInstruments
1040 1093 - Disclosure - Long-Term Equity Investments - Summary of Warrants Held (Detail) Network

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1041 Long Term Investments [table] Table

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1042 Long-term investments warrants held [axis] Axis wpm:LongTermInvestmentsWarrantsHeldAxis
1043 Long-term investments warrants held [domain] Member wpm:LongtermInvestmentsWarrantsHeldDomain
1044 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
1045 Long Term Investments - warrants held [line items] LineItems wpm:LongTermInvestmentsWarrantsHeldLineItems
1046 Long-term investments - warrants held Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:LongTermInvestmentsWarrantsHeld
1047 Fair value adjustment on share purchase warrants held Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:FairValueAdjustmentOnSharePurchaseWarrantsHeld
1048 1094 - Disclosure - Long-Term Equity Investments - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1049 Long term investments common shares held [table] Table

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1050 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [axis] Axis ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeAxis
1051 Investments in equity instruments designated at fair value through other comprehensive income [member] Member ifrs-full:InvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeMember
1052 First Majestic [member] Member wpm:FirstMajesticMember
1053 Tradewind Markets, Inc [member] Member wpm:TradewindMarketsIncMember
1054 Alexco [member] Member wpm:AlexcoMember
1055 Capstone [member] Member wpm:CapstoneMember
1056 Adventus Zinc [member] Member wpm:AdventusZincMember
1057 Arizona Mining Inc. [member] Member wpm:ArizonaMiningIncMember
1058 Silver And Gold Interests [axis] Axis wpm:SilverAndGoldInterestsAxis
1059 Silver And Gold Interests [domain] Member wpm:SilverAndGoldInterestsDomain
1060 Silver interests [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestsMember
1061 Classes of intangible assets and goodwill [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillAxis
1062 Intangible assets and goodwill [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillMember
1063 Other intangible assets [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
1064 Silver Interest [axis] Axis wpm:SilverInterestAxis
1065 Silver Interest [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestMember
1066 San Dimas [member] Member wpm:SanDimasMember
1067 Derivative liability [axis] Axis wpm:DerivativeLiabilityAxis
1068 Derivative Liability [domain] Member wpm:DerivativeLiabilityDomain
1069 Minto derivative liability [member] Member wpm:MintoDerivativeLiabilityMember
1070 Long term investments - common shares held [line items] LineItems wpm:LongTermInvestmentsCommonSharesHeldLineItems
1071 Number of common shares received Concept (Shares) As Of wpm:NumberOfCommonSharesReceived
1072 Fair value of shares received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:FairValueOfSharesReceived
1073 Minimum market price of copper before Minto top up payment is required Concept (Monetary) As Of wpm:MinimumMarketPriceOfCopperRequiredBeforeTopUpPayment
1074 Fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentInvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsDesignatedAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
1075 Number of shares acquired Concept (Shares) As Of wpm:NumberOfSharesAcquired
1076 Percentage of issued and outstanding common shares Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfIssuedAndOutstandingCommonShares
1077 Price paid for right of first refusal on new streaming agreements Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:PricePaidForRightOfFirstRefusalOnNewStreamingAgreements
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1584 Penasquito [member] Member wpm:PenasquitoMember
1585 Constancia [member] Member wpm:ConstanciaMember
1586 Salobo [member] Member wpm:SaloboMember
1587 Sudbury [member] Member wpm:SudburyMember
1588 Antamina [member] Member wpm:AntaminaMember
1589 San Dimas [member] Member wpm:SanDimasMember
1590 Stillwater [member] Member wpm:StillwaterMember
1591 Voisey's Bay [member] Member wpm:VoiseysBayMember
1592 Los Filos [member] Member wpm:LosFilosMember
1593 Zinkgruvan [member] Member wpm:ZinkgruvanMember
1594 Yauliyacu [member] Member wpm:YauliyacuMember
1595 Stratoni [member] Member wpm:StratoniMember
1596 Neves-Corvo [member] Member wpm:NevescorvoMember
1597 Aljustrel [member] Member wpm:AljustrelMember
1598 Minto [member] Member wpm:MintoMember
1599 Keno Hill [member] Member wpm:KenoHillMember
1600 Pascua-Lama [member] Member wpm:PascualamaMember
1601 Rosemont [member] Member wpm:RosemontMember
1602 777 [member] Member wpm:SevenSevenSevenMember
1603 Toroparu [member] Member wpm:ToroparuMember
1604 Cotabambas [member] Member wpm:CotabambasMember
1605 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
1606 Loma de La Plata [member] Member wpm:LomaDeLaPlataMember
1607 Products and services [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesAxis
1608 Products and services [member] Member ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesMember
1609 Gold [member] Member wpm:GoldMember
1610 Silver [member] Member wpm:SilverMember
1611 Palladium [member] Member wpm:PalladiumMember
1612 Cobalt [member] Member wpm:CobaltMember
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1614 Percentage of production to be purchased, description Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:DescriptionOfProductionToBePurchased
1615 Per Unit of Measurement Cash Payment, description Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:CashPaymentDescription
1616 Percentage of production to be purchased Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchased
1617 Per Unit of Measurement Cash Payment Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:CashPaymentPerOunce
1618 Term of Agreement Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:TermOfAgreement
1619 Date of Original Contract Concept (Date) For Period wpm:DateOfOriginalContract
1620 1140 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Commitments to Purchase Mineral Stream (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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1621 Disclosure Of Contractual Obligations And Commitments [table] Table

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1622 Products and services [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesAxis
1623 Products and services [member] Member ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesMember
1624 Gold [member] Member wpm:GoldMember
1625 Silver [member] Member wpm:SilverMember
1626 Palladium [member] Member wpm:PalladiumMember
1627 Cobalt [member] Member wpm:CobaltMember
1628 Mineral Stream Interests [axis] Axis wpm:MineralStreamInterestsAxis
1629 Mineral Stream Interests [domain] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestsDomain
1630 Silver interests [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestsMember
1631 Gold interests [member] Member wpm:GoldInterestsMember
1632 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [axis] Axis wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementAxis
1633 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [domain] Member wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementDomain
1634 Constancia [member] Member wpm:ConstanciaMember
1635 Antamina [member] Member wpm:AntaminaMember
1636 San Dimas [member] Member wpm:SanDimasMember
1637 Stillwater [member] Member wpm:StillwaterMember
1638 Voisey's Bay [member] Member wpm:VoiseysBayMember
1639 Yauliyacu [member] Member wpm:YauliyacuMember
1640 Stratoni [member] Member wpm:StratoniMember
1641 Aljustrel [member] Member wpm:AljustrelMember
1642 Minto [member] Member wpm:MintoMember
1643 Cotabambas [member] Member wpm:CotabambasMember
1644 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
1645 Constancia deposit at constancia mine [member] Member wpm:ConstanciaDepositAtConstanciaMineMember
1646 Pampacancha deposit at constancia mine [member] Member wpm:PampacanchaDepositAtConstanciaMineMember
1647 Constancia and 777 [member] Member wpm:ConstanciaAndSevevnSevenSevenMember
1648 Disclosure of contractual obligations and commitments [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfContractualObligationsAndCommitmentsLineItems
1649 Price floor on a per ounce basis Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:PriceFloorOnPerOunceBasis
1650 Maximum percentage of copper included in concentrate Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:MaximumPercentageOfCopperIncludedInConcentrate
1651 Fixed rate gold recoveries Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:FixedRateGoldRecoveries
1652 The end of fixed rate recoveries Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:TheEndOfFixedRateRecoveries
1653 Price per ounce after the initial 40 year term Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:PricePerOunceAfterTheInitial40YearTerm
1654 Initial term of contract Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period wpm:InitialTermOfContract
1655 Per ounce cash payment as a percentage of the spot price of metal delivered Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PerOunceCashPaymentAsPercentageOfTheSpotPriceOfMetalDelivered
1656 Percentage of production to be purchased Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchased
1657 Percentage of silver production to be Converted to gold and purchased Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfSilverProductionToBeConvertedToGoldAndPurchased
1658 Number of ounces to be delivered before sharing mechanism applies Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:NumberOfOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeSharingMechanismApplies
1659 Gold to silver exchange ratio Concept (Pure) For Period wpm:GoldToSilverExchangeRatio
1660 Attributable Payable Production to be Purchased there after Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchasedThereAfter
1661 Gold to silver price ratio minimum limit for revisiting stated exchange rate Concept (Pure) For Period wpm:GoldToSilverPriceRatioMinimumLimitForRevisitingStatedExchangeRate
1662 Minimum market price of copper before Minto top up payment is required Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:MinimumMarketPriceOfCopperBeforeMintoTopUpPaymentIsRequired
1663 Gold to silver price ratio maximum limit for revisiting stated exchange rate Concept (Pure) For Period wpm:GoldToSilverPriceRatioMaximumLimitForRevisitingStatedExchangeRate
1664 Cumulative silver equivalent ounces to be produced before reduction in stream percentage Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:CumulativeSilverEquivalentOuncesToBeProducedBeforeReductionInStreamPercentage
1665 Exchange ratio to be fixed when price ratio reach minimum limit for six months Concept (Pure) For Period wpm:ExchangeRatioToBeFixedWhenPriceRatioReachMinimumLimitForSixMonths
1666 Attributable Payable Production to be Purchased after stream percentage reduction Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchasedAfterStreamPercentageReduction
1667 Exchange ratio to be fixed when price ratio reach maximum limit for six months Concept (Pure) For Period wpm:ExchangeRatioToBeFixedWhenPriceRatioReachMaximumLimitForSixMonths
1668 Cumulative gold ounces to be delivered before reduction in stream percentage Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:CumulativeGoldOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeReductionInStreamPercentage
1669 Gold to silver exchange ratio, description Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:GoldToSilverExchangeRatioDescription
1670 Cumulative silver ounces to be delivered before reduction in stream percentage Concept (num:massItemType) As Of wpm:CumulativeSilverOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeReductionInStreamPercentage
1671 Percentage of production Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionPurchased
1672 Number of ounces to be delivered before first step down in entitlement percentage Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:NumberOfOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeFirstStepDownInEntitlementPercentage
1673 Percentage of production to be purchased after first step down Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchasedAfterFirstStepDown
1674 Number of ounces to be delivered before second step down in entitlement percentage Concept (Integer) As Of wpm:NumberOfOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeSecondStepDownInEntitlementPercentage
1675 Percentage of production to be purchased after second step down Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfProductionToBePurchasedAfterSecondStepDown
1676 Per ounce cash payment as a percentage of the per ounce price received related to metal delivered Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PerOunceCashPaymentAsPercentageOfThePerOuncePriceReceivedRelatedToMetalDelivered
1677 Balance of upfront cash deposit required for price change to take place Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:BalanceOfUpfrontCashDepositRequiredForPriceChangeToTakePlace
1678 Balance of upfront cash deposit required for percentage entitlement step down to take place Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit wpm:BalanceOfUpfrontCashDepositRequiredForPercentageEntitlementStepDownToTakePlace
1679 Period that payable rates are fixed Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period wpm:PeriodThatPayableRatesAreFixed
1680 Per ounce cash payment as a percentage of the spot price of metal delivered after upfront deposit reduced to NIL Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PerOunceCashPaymentAsPercentageOfTheSpotPriceOfMetalDeliveredAfterUpfrontDepositReducedToNil
1681 Cobalt pounds to be delivered before entitlement step down takes effect Concept (num:massItemType) As Of wpm:CobaltPoundsToBeDeliveredBeforeEntitlementStepDownTakesEffect
1682 Percentage of metal production at the mine which WPM is entitled to after step down Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfMetalProductionAtTheMineWhichWPMIsEntitledToAfterStepDown
1683 Number of silver ounces to be delivered before sharing mechanism applies Concept (num:massItemType) As Of wpm:NumberOfSilverOuncesToBeDeliveredBeforeSharingMechanismApplies
1684 Top up payment to be paid on a per ounce basis as a percentage of the difference between the actual price per ounce and the Minimum price per ounce Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:TopUpPaymentToBePaidOnPerOunceBasisAsPercentageOfTheDifferenceBetweenTheActualPricePerOunceAndTheMinimumPricePerOunce
1685 Purchase commitments percentage Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PurchaseCommitmentsPercentage
1686 Minimum market price of silver on a per ounce basis before top up payment is required Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:MinimumMarketPriceOfSilverOnPerOunceBasisBeforeTopUpPaymentIsRequired
1687 Per Ounce Cash Payment Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:CashPaymentPerOunce
1688 Maximum top up payment Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:MaximumTopUpPayment
1689 Maximum market price of silver on a per ounce basis before top up payment is capped Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:MaximumMarketPriceOfSilverOnPerOunceBasisBeforeTopUpPaymentIsCapped
1690 Price cap on a per ounce basis Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:PriceCapOnAPerOunceBasis
1691 Area of drilling completed level 1 Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:AreaOfDrillingCompletedLevel1
1692 Area of drilling completed level 2 Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:AreaOfDrillingCompletedLevel2
1693 Area of drilling completed level 3 Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:AreaOfDrillingCompletedLevel3
1694 Top up payment on a per ounce basis - level 1 Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:TopUpPayment1
1695 Top up payment on a per ounce basis - level 2 Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:TopUpPayment2
1696 Top up payment on a per ounce basis - level 3 Concept (Decimal) As Of wpm:TopUpPayment3
1697 Area of drilling completed Concept (Decimal) For Period wpm:AreaOfDrillingCompleted
1698 1141 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Other Contractual Obligations and Contingencies (Detail) Network

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1699 Disclosure Of Contractual Obligations [table] Table

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1700 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1701 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1702 2019 [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1703 2022 - 2023 [member] Member wpm:LaterThanFourYearsAndNotLaterThanSixYearsMember
1704 2019 - 2021 [member] Member wpm:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFourYearsMember
1705 After 2023 [member] Member wpm:LaterThanSixYearsMember
1706 Sub-Total [member] Member wpm:OtherMaturityPeriodMember
1707 No scheduled due date [member] Member wpm:NoScheduledDueDateMember
1708 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [axis] Axis wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementAxis
1709 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [domain] Member wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementDomain
1710 Rosemont [member] Member wpm:RosemontMember
1711 Loma de La Plata [member] Member wpm:LomaDeLaPlataMember
1712 Toroparu [member] Member wpm:ToroparuMember
1713 Cotabambas [member] Member wpm:CotabambasMember
1714 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
1715 Financial commitments [axis] Axis wpm:FinancialCommitmentsAxis
1716 Financial commitments [domain] Member wpm:FinancialCommitmentsDomain
1717 Bank debt [member] Member wpm:BankDebtMember
1718 Interest expense [member] Member wpm:InterestExpenseMember
1719 Mineral stream interest payments [member] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestPaymentsMember
1720 Operating leases [member] Member wpm:OperatingLeasesMember
1721 Disclosure of contractual obligations [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfContractualObligationsLineItems
1722 Total contractual obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit wpm:ContractualObligations
1723 1142 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Summary of Other Contractual Obligations and Contingencies (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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1724 Disclosure Of Contractual Obligations [table] Table

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1725 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1726 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1727 2022 - 2023 [member] Member wpm:LaterThanFourYearsAndNotLaterThanSixYearsMember
1728 No scheduled due date [member] Member wpm:NoScheduledDueDateMember
1729 Financial commitments [axis] Axis wpm:FinancialCommitmentsAxis
1730 Financial commitments [domain] Member wpm:FinancialCommitmentsDomain
1731 Bank debt [member] Member wpm:BankDebtMember
1732 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [axis] Axis wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementAxis
1733 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [domain] Member wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementDomain
1734 Rosemont [member] Member wpm:RosemontMember
1735 Disclosure of contractual obligations [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfContractualObligationsLineItems
1736 Outstanding on the Revolving Facility Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1737 Contingent transaction costs Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:ContingentTransactionCosts
1738 1143 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1739 Disclosure of contingent liabilities [table] Table

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1740 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [axis] Axis wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementAxis
1741 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [domain] Member wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementDomain
1742 Loma de La Plata [member] Member wpm:LomaDeLaPlataMember
1743 Rosemont [member] Member wpm:RosemontMember
1744 Toroparu [member] Member wpm:ToroparuMember
1745 Cotabambas [member] Member wpm:CotabambasMember
1746 Kutcho [member] Member wpm:KutchoMember
1747 Salobo [member] Member wpm:SaloboMember
1748 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
1749 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
1750 Entering Into Significant Commitments or Contingent Liabilities [Member] Member ifrs-full:EnteringIntoSignificantCommitmentsOrContingentLiabilitiesMember
1751 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1752 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1753 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1754 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1755 Geographical [Axis] Axis srt:StatementGeographicalAxis
1756 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
1757 Canada [member] Member country:CA
1758 Tax Assessment Period [axis] Axis wpm:TaxAssessmentPeriodAxis
1759 Tax Assessment Period [domain] Member wpm:TaxAssessmentPeriodDomain
1760 2014-2018 taxation year [member] Member wpm:TwoThousandFourteenToTwoThousandEighteenTaxationYearsMember
1761 Potential Additional Upfront Payments [axis] Axis wpm:PotentialAdditionalUpfrontPaymentsAxis
1762 Potential Additional Upfront Payments [member] Member wpm:PotentialAdditionalUpfrontPaymentsMember
1763 Mill Throughput Capacity Expansion [member] Member wpm:MillThroughputCapacityExpansionMember
1764 Proposed Expansion [axis] Axis wpm:ProposedExpansionAxis
1765 Proposed Expansion [member] Member wpm:ProposedExpansionMember
1766 Salobo Three Expansion [member] Member wpm:SaloboThreeExpansionMember
1767 Disclosure of contingent liabilities [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfContingentLiabilitiesLineItems
1768 Upfront cash consideration to be paid Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UpfrontCashConsiderationToBePaid
1769 First installment payable on permitting projet Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:FirstInstallmentAmountPayableOnPermittingProject
1770 Balance installment amount payable once project costs incurred exceeds specified amount Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:BalanceInstallmentAmountPayableOnceProjectCostsIncurredExceedsSpecifiedAmount
1771 Project costs incurred to trigger balance installment payable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:ProjectCostsIncurredToTriggerBalanceInstallmentPayable
1772 Reduced stream percentage of gold Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:ReducedStreamPercentageOfGold
1773 Current stream percentage of gold Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:CurrentStreamPercentageOfGold
1774 Current stream percentage of silver Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:CurrentStreamPercentageOfSilver
1775 Reduced stream percentage of silver Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:ReducedStreamPercentageOfSilver
1776 Amount of non-refundable advance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit wpm:NonRefundableAdvance
1777 Total upfront cash payment for early deposit silver streaming interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:TotalUpfrontCashPaymentForEarlyDepositSilverStreamingInterest
1778 Upfront cash consideration paid to date Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UpfrontCashConsiderationPaid
1779 Unpaid upfront cash consideration with scheduled payment dates Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UnpaidUpfrontCashConsiderationWithScheduledPaymentDates
1780 Cash not returned on discontinuing precious metal purchase agreement Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:CashNotReturnedOnDiscontinuingPurchaseAgreement
1781 Option repurchase precious metal stream, percentage Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:OptionRepurchasePreciousMetalStreamPercentage
1782 Unpaid upfront cash consideration with no scheduled payment dates Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:UnpaidUpfrontCashConsiderationWithNoScheduledPaymentDates
1783 Additional upfront consideration Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:AdditionalAdvancePayments
1784 Mill throughput capacity Concept (Integer) For Period wpm:CapacityOfMine
1785 Additional payment condition Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:AdditionalPaymentsConditionDescription
1786 Expanded Mill throughput capacity Concept (Integer) For Period wpm:ExpandedCapacityOfMine
1787 Estimated expansion payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:EstimatedExpansionPayments
1788 Reassessment interest and penalties Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:ReassessmentInterestAndPenalties
1789 Percentage of reassessments interest and penalties Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfReassessmentsInterestAndPenalties
1790 Decrease in reassessment interest and penalties Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit wpm:IncreaseDecreaseInReassessmentInterestAndPenalties
1791 Potential estimated cash taxes, interest and penalties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:PotentialEstimatedCashTaxesInterestAndPenalties
1792 Relevant years Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfNatureOfObligationContingentLiabilities
1793 1144 - Disclosure - Segmented Information - Schedule of Operating Segments (Detail) Network

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1794 Disclosure of Operating Segments [Table] Table

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1795 Mineral Stream Interests [axis] Axis wpm:MineralStreamInterestsAxis
1796 Mineral Stream Interests [domain] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestsDomain
1797 Gold interests [member] Member wpm:GoldInterestsMember
1798 Silver interests [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestsMember
1799 Mineral Stream Interests [member] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestsMember
1800 Palladium interest [member] Member wpm:PalladiumInterestMember
1801 Cobalt Interests [member] Member wpm:CobaltInterestsMember
1802 Segment consolidation items [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentConsolidationItemsAxis
1803 Entity's total for segment consolidation items [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSegmentConsolidationItemsMember
1804 Sudbury [member] Member wpm:SudburyMember
1805 Salobo [member] Member wpm:SaloboMember
1806 Constancia [member] Member wpm:ConstanciaMember
1807 Other gold interests [member] Member wpm:OtherGoldInterestsMember
1808 San Dimas [member] Member wpm:SanDimasMember
1809 Penasquito [member] Member wpm:PenasquitoMember
1810 Antamina [member] Member wpm:AntaminaMember
1811 Other silver interests [member] Member wpm:OtherSilverInterestsMember
1812 General and administrative material reconciling items [member] Member wpm:GeneralAndAdministrativeMaterialReconcilingItemsMember
1813 Finance costs material reconciling items [member] Member wpm:FinanceCostsMaterialReconcilingItemsMember
1814 Other material reconciling Items [member] Member wpm:OtherMaterialReconcilingItemsMember
1815 Income tax recovery material reconciling items [member] Member wpm:IncomeTaxRecoveryMaterialReconcilingItemsMember
1816 Aggregate material reconciling items [member] Member wpm:AggregateMaterialReconcilingItemsMember
1817 Stillwater [member] Member wpm:StillwaterMember
1818 Voisey's Bay [member] Member wpm:VoiseysBayMember
1819 Gain on disposal of the san dimas spa [member] Member wpm:GainOnDisposalMaterialReconcilingItemsMember
1820 Income tax expense material reconciling items[member] Member wpm:IncomeTaxExpenseMaterialReconcilingItemsMember
1821 Disclosure of operating segments [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOperatingSegmentsLineItems
1822 Sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1823 Cost of sales, excluding depletion Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:CostOfSalesExcludingDepletion
1824 Depletion Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit wpm:Depletion1
1825 Gross margin Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GrossProfit
1826 Impairment charges Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLoss
1827 Net earnings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
1828 Cash Flow From Operations Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
1829 Total Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
1830 1145 - Disclosure - Segmented Information - Schedule of Operating Segments (Parenthetical) (Detail) Network

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1831 Disclosure of Operating Segments [Table] Table

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1832 Mineral Stream Interests [axis] Axis wpm:MineralStreamInterestsAxis
1833 Mineral Stream Interests [domain] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestsDomain
1834 Gold interests [member] Member wpm:GoldInterestsMember
1835 Silver interests [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestsMember
1836 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [axis] Axis wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementAxis
1837 Precious Metal Purchase Agreement [domain] Member wpm:PreciousMetalPurchaseAgreementDomain
1838 Veladero and Lagunas Norte and Pierina [member] Member wpm:VeladeroAndLagunasNorteAndPierinaMember
1839 Salobo and Sudbury [member] Member wpm:SaloboAndSudburyMember
1840 Antamina and Yauliyacu [member] Member wpm:AntaminaAndYauliyacuMember
1841 Penasquito [member] Member wpm:PenasquitoMember
1842 Constancia and 777 [member] Member wpm:ConstanciaAndSevenSevenSevenMember
1843 Mine Operator [axis] Axis wpm:MineOperatorAxis
1844 Mine Operator [member] Member wpm:MineOperatorMember
1845 Vale [member] Member wpm:ValeMember
1846 Glencore plc [member] Member wpm:GlencoreplcMember
1847 Goldcorp Corp [member] Member wpm:GoldcorpCorpMember
1848 Hudbay Minerals Inc. [member] Member wpm:HudbayMineralsIncMember
1849 Disclosure of operating segments [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOperatingSegmentsLineItems
1850 Percentage of sales Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:MinimumPercentageRequiredInRespectOfEntityRevenueGrossMarginOrAggregateAssetBookValueForMineralStreamInterestToBeConsideredReportableSegment
1851 Agreement Expiration Date Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:AgreementExpirationDate
1852 Percentage of entity's revenue relative to Mine Operator Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfEntityRevenueRelativeToMineOperator
1853 1146 - Disclosure - Segmented Information - Schedule of Company's Geographical Information (Detail) Network

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1854 Disclosure of Geographical Areas [Table] Table

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1855 Mineral Stream Interests [axis] Axis wpm:MineralStreamInterestsAxis
1856 Mineral Stream Interests [domain] Member wpm:MineralStreamInterestsDomain
1857 Gold interests [member] Member wpm:GoldInterestsMember
1858 Silver interests [member] Member wpm:SilverInterestsMember
1859 Palladium interest [member] Member wpm:PalladiumInterestMember
1860 Cobalt Interests [member] Member wpm:CobaltInterestsMember
1861 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
1862 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
1863 Canada [member] Member country:CA
1864 United States [member] Member country:US
1865 Mexico [member] Member country:MX
1866 Greece [member] Member country:GR
1867 Portugal [member] Member country:PT
1868 Sweden [member] Member country:SE
1869 Argentina / Chile [member] Member wpm:ArgentinaAndChileMember
1870 Brazil [member] Member country:BR
1871 Peru [member] Member country:PE
1872 Disclosure of geographical areas [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGeographicalAreasLineItems
1873 Sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1874 Percentage of revenue derived from mineral stream interests located in geographic area Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:PercentageOfRevenueDerivedFromMineralStreamInterestsLocatedInGeographicArea
1875 Mineral stream interest Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit wpm:MineralStreamInterests
1876 Percentage of mineral stream interests located in geographic area Concept (Percent) As Of wpm:PercentageOfMineralStreamInterestsLocatedInGeographicArea
1877 1147 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) Network

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1878 Disclosure of Events After Reporting Period [table] Table

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1879 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
1880 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
1881 Major Ordinary Share Transactions [member] Member ifrs-full:MajorOrdinaryShareTransactionsMember
1882 Quarterly dividend [member] Member wpm:QuarterlyDividendMember
1883 Disclosure of Events After Reporting Period [line items] LineItems wpm:DisclosureOfEventsAfterReportingPeriodLineItems
1884 Declaration of quarterly dividend rate description Concept (Text/String) For Period wpm:DeclarationOfQuarterlyDividendRateDescription
1885 Dividend per share Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsPaidOrdinarySharesPerShare
1886 Dividend payable, date of record Concept (Date) For Period wpm:DividendsDateOfRecordDayMonthAndYear
1887 Dividend reinvested discount rate Concept (Percent) For Period wpm:DividendReinvestedDiscountRate
1888 Dividend payable date Concept (Date) For Period wpm:DividendsPayableDateToBePaidDayMonthAndYear

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