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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A few readers have asked me why we don’t invest in rental properties and invest in real estate investment trusts (REITs) instead. There are a few reasons why we prefer investing in Canadian REITs rather …
Recently a few readers reached out and asked me about bond ETFs. Since most of these readers are close to retirement or are already retired, they are curious about my thoughts on bonds. In particular, …
After my recent post on 5 Best Canadian REITs, a few readers reached out and asked about Canadian REIT ETFs and what my thoughts are. If you are not comfortable with holding individual stocks or …
Earlier this year, I asked several dividend growth investing (DGI) bloggers and asked them to pick three of their favourite Canadian dividend stocks based on total growth (i.e. a combination of growth, dividend growth, or …
If you are visiting this blog, you are probably very interested in the dividend growth investing strategy. Many readers have reached out to me why we don’t forget about individual dividend stocks and just invest …
On the one hand, I can’t believe it’s already 2025. It felt like 2024 flew by in a blink of an eye. It seemed five minutes ago that Mrs. T, both kids, and I were …
I see dividend growth investors asking for dividend calendars quite often. I have seen a few dividend calendars for US dividend stocks but haven’t really seen any for Canadian dividend stocks. Since it seems to …
