Petroteq Energy Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Reconciliation of Ifrs Disclosure to Us Gaap Disclosure (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2020	May 31, 2019
Reconciliation Of Ifrs Disclosure To Us Gaap Disclosure [Abstract]
Purchase option , description		Under US GAAP, the share purchase options issued to consultants were expensed immediately and the share purchase options issued to directors and officers were amortized as follows; (i) the value of the twenty five percent of the options that vested immediately were expensed immediately; (ii) the remaining value of the seventy five percent of the options which vest equally on an annual basis are being expensed over the vesting period on a straight line basis.
Reversal Of Share Based Compensation	$ 248,912		$ 746,736
Issue of common shares valued		$ 1,276,980
Debt conversion, description		The difference in treatment between IFRS and US GAAP gave rise to a reversal of the prepaid commitment fee of $1,276,980 and the subsequent amortization thereof of $894,587 and the raising of additional debt discount of $1,276,980 and the amortization thereof of $946,481. The difference between the amortization of the prepaid commitment fee and the debt discount amortization to the statement of loss and comprehensive loss was a credit of $43,799 and a charge of $51,894 for the three months and nine months ended May 31, 2019, respectively.