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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Dividend Income – Nov 2018 Update

Well, it seems that the market volatility continued throughout the month of November. The TSX Composite Index started at 15,150.15 on Nov 1 and finished the month at 15,197.82, barely any gains at all. In …

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How much money are you throwing away each year?

I’m not an environmentalist or an environmental advocate. I am just a regular citizen of the world that happens to have a personal finance blog. Having said that, in the last number of years, I …

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Spend the money while you have it.

Before the kids were born, Mrs. T and I lived in a condo in Vancouver for a number of years. When Baby T1.0 was almost 1 year old, we moved from Vancouver proper to the …

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Dividend Income – Oct 2018 Update

Wow, the market sure has been volatile lately. With around $11,000 saved up already for 2018 TFSA contributions, I’m hoping that the market will remain volatile over the few months so we can purchase stocks …

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