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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity - USD ($)
Common Stock [Member]
Deferred Compensation Plan [Member]
Common Stock [Member]
Performance Shares [Member]
Common Stock [Member]
Additional Paid-In Capital [Member]
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Member]
Treasury Stock [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Noncontrolling Interests [Member]
Total
Beginning Balances at Dec. 31, 2015     $ 1,224,000 $ 736,652,000 $ (12,171,000)   $ 1,259,495,000 $ 6,584,000 $ 1,991,784,000
Beginning Balances, shares at Dec. 31, 2015     183,563,933            
Conversion of Old Waste Connections' common shares into common shares of New Waste Connections, APIC       (650,552,000)          
Conversion of Old Waste Connections' common shares into common shares of New Waste Connections     $ 650,552,000            
Issuance of common shares to acquire Progressive Waste     $ 3,503,162,000           3,503,162,000
Issuance of common shares to acquire Progressive Waste, shares     78,218,878            
Acquired common shares held in trust           735,168      
Sale of common shares held in trust     $ 15,341,000     $ (308,059)     15,341,000
Sale of common shares held in trust, shares     308,059            
Vesting of restricted share units (shares) 58,992 184,440 603,939            
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of equity-based compensation       (11,461,000)         (11,461,000)
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of equity-based compensation, shares     (279,055)            
Equity-based compensation       17,628,000         17,628,000
Exercise of warrants, shares     52,236            
Excess tax benefit associated with equity-based compensation       5,151,000         5,151,000
Cash dividends on common shares             (61,001,000)   (61,001,000)
Amounts reclassified into earnings, net of taxes         6,193,000       6,193,000
Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of taxes         (3,055,000)       (3,055,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustment         (3,991,000)       (3,991,000)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests               (3,000) (3,000)
Net income             160,948,000 670,000 161,618,000
Ending Balances at Sep. 30, 2016     $ 4,170,279,000 97,418,000 (13,024,000)   1,359,442,000 7,251,000 5,621,366,000
Ending Balances, shares at Sep. 30, 2016     262,711,422            
Ending Balance, treasury shares at Sep. 30, 2016           427,109      
Beginning Balances at Dec. 31, 2016     $ 4,174,808,000 102,220,000 (43,001,000)   1,413,488,000 7,362,000 $ 5,654,877,000
Beginning Balances, shares at Dec. 31, 2016     262,803,271           262,803,271
Beginning Balance, treasury shares at Dec. 31, 2016           337,397     337,397
Sale of common shares held in trust     $ 8,704,000           $ 8,704,000
Sale of common shares held in trust, shares     140,344     (140,344)      
Vesting of restricted share units (shares) 36,619 122,786 540,432            
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of equity-based compensation       (13,754,000)         (13,754,000)
Tax withholdings related to net share settlements of equity-based compensation, shares     (250,172)            
Equity-based compensation       20,463,000         20,463,000
Exercise of stock options and warrants     $ 1,946,000           1,946,000
Exercise of stock options and warrants, shares     49,954            
Cash dividends on common shares             (95,201,000)   (95,201,000)
Amounts reclassified into earnings, net of taxes         3,433,000       3,433,000
Changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of taxes         (806,000)       (806,000)
Foreign currency translation adjustment         155,153,000       155,153,000
Acquisition of noncontrolling interest       698,000       (2,564,000) (1,866,000)
Net income             261,732,000 559,000 262,291,000
Ending Balances at Sep. 30, 2017     $ 4,185,458,000 $ 109,627,000 $ 114,779,000   1,578,635,000 $ 5,357,000 $ 5,993,856,000
Ending Balances, shares at Sep. 30, 2017     263,443,234           263,443,234
Ending Balance, treasury shares at Sep. 30, 2017           197,053     197,053
Cumulative effect adjustment from adoption of new accounting pronouncement             $ (1,384,000)   $ (1,384,000)