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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Earlier this year, I wrote about stepping away from full-time work at the end of 2026 or early 2027. The idea is to either retire early and focus on my hobbies and passions, or transition …
This week on the show, Nelson and I discuss the various strategies they’ve used to build wealth over the years. We talk about budgeting, maximizing your savings rate, and how we both embraced frugality. I …
Hello everyone, welcome to another month of dividend income update. We have been doing these monthly dividend income updates since the birth of this blog. We do these updates to chronicle our financial independence journey. …
All summer long, I have been working with Nelson from Canadian Dividend Investing on a new podcast that we are calling “DIY Wealth Canada Podcast.” The idea behind the podcast was simply: a podcast for …
The financial independence retire early (FIRE) community is a very supportive and tight-knit one. Because the community is made up of folks who have different backgrounds and different ages, it’s very diverse (not just a …
Based on the recent readers’ survey, 53.8% of you enjoy reading the Random Thoughts posts and 43.8% of you enjoy reading them when they’re investing-related. Only 2.3% of you believe these posts are too random …
I have written about taking advantage of tax-advantaged and tax-deferred accounts like the TFSA and RRSP at length. TFSA and RRSP are great accounts for investing and growing your investments without having to worry about …
