Tawcan is a Canadian personal finance and dividend investing blog that chronicles my quest for financial independence and joyful life.
I started this blog to show it is possible to achieve financial independence as a single-income family with two young kids while living in Vancouver Canada, one of the most expensive cities in the world.
My wife and I started building our dividend portfolio in 2011 after a financial epiphany.
Today, the portfolio generates over $5,400 in dividends per month. We originally dreamed of becoming financially independent and living off dividends by 2025. Although we could live off dividends by supplementing it with a part time income in 2025, we aren't in a rush to cross the so called "finish line." Therefore, we are taking it easy and we plan to realize the dream of living off dividends before 2030.
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As you can imagine, a lot of planning is required to reach early retirement. Despite all the planning, projections, and running different scenarios, there will always be some level of uncertainty when it comes to …
Like many dividend investors, when we started our dividend growth investing journey, we were obsessed with one particular number – how much dividend income we received each month. While watching dividend income coming in every …
It’s been 15 years since we started our financial independence journey. I will be the first one to admit that my mentality toward money and life has evolved over those past 15 years. I truly …
Back in December, I shared the five stocks that we were considering to purchase for our 2026 TFSA contributions. Now that the contributions & purchases are done, I thought it would be worthwhile to look …
Lately, many readers who are at the beginning of their investment journey have asked me about my choice of discount broker. To be more specific: Questrade vs. Wealthsimple Trade, which one is the better choice? …
Welcome to the first dividend income report of 2026! Since the creation of this blog back in July 2014, I have been sharing our monthly dividend income. Why do I continue to share our dividend …
Some of you may recall that I moved my self-directed TFSA with TD Direct Investing and my self-directed RRSP with Questrade to Wealthsimple Trade back in May. In case you’re wondering, I wrote a real …
