Net Income Per Share Information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

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 common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015: 

	Three months ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Waste Connections for basic and diluted earnings per share	$	44,842	$	51,824
Denominator:
Basic shares outstanding		122,778,290		124,008,687
Dilutive effect of stock options and warrants		27,383		41,770
Dilutive effect of restricted stock units		644,911		317,211
Diluted shares outstanding		123,450,584		124,367,668