Net Income Per Share Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Net Income Per Share Information [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Net Income 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 three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017: 

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Waste Connections for basic and diluted earnings per share	$	138,682	$	123,656	$	263,551	$	138,530
Denominator:
Basic shares outstanding		263,691,172		263,387,338		263,757,179		263,225,541
Dilutive effect of equity-based awards		640,857		722,256		695,606		781,766
Diluted shares outstanding		264,332,029		264,109,594		264,452,785		264,007,307