Waste Connections of Canada

Waste Connections of Canada Inc. is a Canadian company that deals with waste management. They are headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Waste Connections of Canada is a subsidiary of the American company Waste Connections.

The company was first created as Progressive Waste Solutions by Keith Carrigan in Toronto, Ontario in 2000. The company was the third-largest waste management company for non-hazardous solid waste in North America. It operated in six Canadian provinces and also 12 American states. It traded on both the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. On March 13, 2015, the company opened the largest renewable natural gas facility in Canada located in Terrebonne, Quebec. It now called Complexe Enviro Connexions and is owned by Enviro Connexions since the merger. Joseph Quarin served as CEO until 2016 and was replaced by Dan Pio.

On June 1, 2016, American-based Waste Connections bought and merged Progressive Waste Solutions. It was officially renamed to Waste Connections of Canada on March 9, 2017.

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