Dividend Income – January 2026 Update
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 …
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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Ranking the moat of popular Canadian dividend stocks
As investors, we often talk about the moat of a company. What does this mean exactly? A company’s moat, sometimes referred to as the economic moat, is the competitive advantage a company has over competitors. …
2026 Goals and Resolutions
Since 2019, I have set goals and resolutions at the beginning of the year and put them down on a spreadsheet. I would write a post about my goals and resolutions, then provide a quarterly …
2025 Goals and Resolutions – Q4 Update and Wrap Up
It’s hard to believe that 2025 is in the books and we are in the first month of the new year… and the second quarter of the century. 2025 was the seventh year that I …
Dividend Income – December 2025 Update & 2025 Summary
Welcome to another monthly dividend income update. I always enjoy writing the December dividend income update because it gives me a chance to not only show how we did for the last month of the …
2026 Looking Ahead
Happy New Year, everyone! Can you believe this decade, the 20s, is halfway over? It’s also hard to believe that both of my kids are no longer little babies anymore. In fact, Kid 2.0 will …
10 lessons I’ve learned from 25 years of investing
I started DIY investing while I was in university. Back then, I bought a few stocks based purely on recommendations. Honestly, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. I didn’t know much about …