Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Waste Connections, Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 annual meeting of shareholders on May 14, 2021 (the "Meeting").

The Company's shareholders (the "Shareholders") elected each of the eight nominees for director by the votes indicated below:





                                         Total Votes Total Broker
 Nominee for Director:  Total Votes For:  Withheld:   Non-Votes:
Ronald J. Mittelstaedt    202,429,457     13,307,414    7,604,560
Edward E. "Ned" Guillet   195,614,862     20,122,009    7,604,560
Michael W. Harlan         184,952,818     30,784,053    7,604,560
Larry S. Hughes           215,610,054        126,817    7,604,560
Worthing F. Jackman       214,007,821      1,729,050    7,604,560
Elise L. Jordan           208,154,010      7,582,861    7,604,560
Susan "Sue" Lee           208,150,204      7,586,667    7,604,560
William J. Razzouk        193,815,548     21,921,323    7,604,560



The Shareholders approved on a non-binding, advisory basis the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Company's management information circular and proxy statement in respect of the Meeting ("say on pay"), by the votes indicated below:





Total Votes For:        210,128,347
Total Votes Against:      5,529,225
Total Votes Withheld:        79,299
Total Broker Non-Votes:   7,604,560




The Shareholders approved the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm until the close of the Company's 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company's Board of Directors to fix the auditor's remuneration by the votes indicated below:





Total Votes For:        223,225,351
Total Votes Withheld:       116,080
Total Broker Non-Votes:           0


Item 8.01 Other Events.


On May 14, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Shareholders had elected as the Company's directors each of the nominees listed above under Item 5.07 at the Meeting. The press release announcing the election of the directors and related matters is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.





 (d) Exhibit.




             99.1     Press Release, dated May 14, 2021, issued by Waste Connections,
                    Inc.
           104      The cover page of Waste Connections, Inc. on Current Report on
                    Form 8-K formatted in Inline XBRL.

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