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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]      
Revenues $ 2,079,166us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,928,795us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet $ 1,661,618us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Operating expenses:      
Cost of operations 1,138,388us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 1,064,819us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold 956,357us-gaap_CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Selling, general and administrative 229,474us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 212,637us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense 197,454us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Depreciation 230,944us-gaap_Depreciation 218,454us-gaap_Depreciation 169,027us-gaap_Depreciation
Amortization of intangibles 27,000us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization 25,410us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization 24,557us-gaap_AdjustmentForAmortization
Loss on prior office leases   9,902us-gaap_GainLossOnContractTermination  
Gain from litigation settlement     (3,551)us-gaap_GainLossRelatedToLitigationSettlement
Impairments and other operating charges 4,091wcn_ImpairmentsAndOtherOperatingCharges 4,129wcn_ImpairmentsAndOtherOperatingCharges 1,627wcn_ImpairmentsAndOtherOperatingCharges
Operating income 449,269us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 393,444us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss 316,147us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense (64,674)us-gaap_InterestExpense (73,579)us-gaap_InterestExpense (53,037)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Other income (expense), net 1,067us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 1,056us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense 1,993us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income tax provision 385,662us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 320,921us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments 265,103us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesMinorityInterestAndIncomeLossFromEquityMethodInvestments
Income tax provision (152,335)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (124,916)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (105,443)us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income 233,327us-gaap_ProfitLoss 196,005us-gaap_ProfitLoss 159,660us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (802)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (350)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest (567)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest
Net income attributable to Waste Connections $ 232,525us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 195,655us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss $ 159,093us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per common share attributable to Waste Connections' common stockholders:      
Basic $ 1.87us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.58us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 1.31us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted $ 1.86us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 1.58us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 1.31us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Shares used in the per share calculations:      
Basic 124,215,346us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 123,597,540us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 121,172,381us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Diluted 124,787,421us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 124,165,052us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 121,824,349us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Cash dividends per common share $ 0.475us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.415us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid $ 0.37us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareCashPaid