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Document And Entity Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Aug. 07, 2015
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]    
Entity Registrant Name Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.  
Document Type 10-Q/A  
Trading Symbol XENE  
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31  
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   14,286,858
Amendment Flag true  
Amendment Description We are filing this Amended Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A (the “Amended Filing”) to update our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and with the securities commissions in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario on May 12, 2015 (the “Original Filing”), to amend and restate our unaudited interim financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2015, to adjust non-cash stock based compensation accounting as discussed below and in Note 2 to the accompanying restated unaudited interim financial statements  
Entity Central Index Key 0001582313  
Entity Filer Category Non-accelerated Filer  
Document Period End Date Mar. 31, 2015  
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2015  
Document Fiscal Period Focus Q1