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Net Income Per Share Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Net Income Per Share Information [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

The following table sets forth the calculation of the numerator and denominator used in the computation of basic and diluted net income per common share attributable to the Company’s shareholders for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:

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​	​	Years Ended December 31,
​		2021			2020			2019
Numerator:	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Net income attributable to Waste Connections for basic and diluted earnings per share	​	$	618,047	​	$	204,677	​	$	566,841
Denominator:	​		​	​		​	​		​
Basic shares outstanding	​		261,166,723	​		263,189,699	​		263,792,693
Dilutive effect of equity-based awards	​		561,747	​		497,840	​		733,868
Diluted shares outstanding	​		261,728,470	​		263,687,539	​		264,526,561

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Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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