Dividend Income – September 2026 Update
Wow, it’s hard to believe 2026 is down to the final quarter. It felt like yesterday that I posted the 2026 Looking Ahead post. Where did the time go? Per the Looking Ahead post, so …
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 $6,000 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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Estate planning for your assets – What happens to it when you’re gone?
As Benjamin Franklin famously put it in a Constitution Center letter from 1789: “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” these two things, death and taxes, are certainties …
Early Retirement Q&A – Reader C
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 …
Do we have enough to retire early and live off dividends? 2026 analysis
In June 2023, I did a thorough case study and analyzed whether we had enough to live off dividends. That analysis was based on our 2022 dividend income of $42,305.81 and I converted USD to …
Dividend Income – Aug 2026 Update
Hello, returning and new readers for another monthly dividend update (remember, you can sign up for the Tawcan Newsletter so you don’t miss any new posts and updates). This marks the 146th monthly update (wow!) …
Early retirement healthcare in Canada – a province-by-province comparison guide
Earlier this year, I wrote about our early retirement healthcare options in Canada, specifically options for extended health care in early retirement. The research behind that article took a while and I thought the data …
How we’ve maximized our TFSA every year – And what it’s worth now
Due to its tax-free nature and excellent flexibility upon withdrawal, I strongly believe that the Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA) is the best retirement savings tool available to Canadians. This is perhaps why I’m always so …