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 $4,500 in dividends per month. Our dream is to become financially independent and live off dividends by 2025.
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I’m sitting in the Skyteam Lounge at Vancouver International Airport waiting to board my flight (free access to the lounge thanks to the Scotiabank Passport Visa Infinite) while writing this little introduction section. As the …
When we started our financial independence journey over a decade ago, we set a goal of becoming financially independent via dividend income by 2025. Why did I pick the year 2025? Because it was far …
Income tax is one of those unavoidable things in life. If you have a working income, you most likely will need to pay income tax to the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA). Typically your employer will …
Earlier this year, I discussed three key reasons why we don’t invest in GICs and have no plan to invest in them any time soon. After reading that article, a few readers asked about Canadian …
Hello everyone and welcome to a new dividend income update. We started focusing on dividend growth investing in 2011. Since then, we have built up a seven-figure dividend portfolio. Looking back, back in 2007 I …
When I interviewed Reader B a few years ago about his $360,000 dividend income and how he and his wife are living off dividends, he pointed out that they only invest in Canadian dividend stocks …
Mrs. T and I are working toward financial independence by investing in dividend stocks and index ETFs. Our plan is to live off dividends by having between $60,000 to $70,000 in dividend income. We may …
