January 2017: Dividend Update!

    The first month of the year started off strong once again. Setting a great pace for the rest of 2017. My larger quarterly dividend paying positions came through very nicely! With three of them paying out over $40! And higher than January 2016 due to numerous dividend increases :)

Company	Ticker (TSX)	$(Cdn)	Notes
Dream Office REIT	D.UN	20.5
Veresen	VSN	8.33
Pizza Pizza	PZA	9.98
Pembina Pipeline Corp.	PPL	15.2
RioCan REIT	REI.UN	9.40
Algonquin Power & Utility	AQN	71.41	FX +$7.33
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS	42.92
BCE Inc.	BCE	40.95
Toronto Dominion	TD	31.9
Total Dividends		250.59	+$7.33

    From the previous comparable month in October I received $7.33 more due to gains in foreign exchanged based off of Algonquin Power's U.S Dollar dividend. And from January 2016, this months is $23.36 higher with the difference in foreign exchange and dividend increases. That difference would have been higher however it was negatively affected by a few changes in my portfolio including a decreased position in Veresen and also Dream Office REIT had cut its distribution heavily.

    The next time these companies take their turn at paying out dividends, I should be receiving more as TD, BNS, and BCE all raised their dividends since January. Hurray for dividend growth!