Company: WCN
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-054854
Chunk: 66

Company: Waste Connections, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form: 424B5
Chunk 66
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 title, aggregate principal amount, currency, form (which may be certificated or global), authorized denominations, maturity, rate (or manner of calculating the rate) and time of payment of interest, terms for redemption at our option or repayment at the holder’s option, terms for sinking fund payments, covenants, and any initial public offering price.

You should read this prospectus and any prospectus supplement carefully before you invest in any of our securities.

The securities may be offered directly by us through agents designated from time to time by us or to or through underwriters or dealers. If any agents, dealers, or underwriters are involved in the sale of any of the securities, their names, and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission, or discount arrangement between or among them will be set forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in the applicable prospectus supplement. See the sections entitled “Plan of Distribution” and “About This Prospectus” for more information.

Our common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) under the symbol “WCN”.

An investment in our securities involves risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 3of this prospectus and any similar section contained in the applicable prospectus supplement for a discussion of risk factors relevant to an investment in our securities.

This prospectus may not be used to offer or sell any securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.**

<div align='center'>The date of this prospectus is October 24, 2024.</div>

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

| ​ | ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS                             | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  1 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS                        | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  1 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | WASTE CONNECTIONS, INC.                           | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  2 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | RISK FACTORS                                      | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  3 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | USE OF PROCEEDS                                   | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ |  3 | ​ | ​ |
| ​ | DESCRIPTION OF DE