Dividend Update: January 2018 and 2019 Comparison!

       A super quick update from a post that has been sitting in draft for, well..... probably sometime in 2018. With a comparison to January 2019. One full year later.

January 2018

Company	Ticker (TSX)	$(Cdn)	Notes
Canadian Apartment REIT	CAR.UN	11.73
Enbridge Income Fund	ENF	11.12
Pizza Pizza	PZA	18.40	258 Shares
Pembina Pipeline Corp.	PPL	21.60
RioCan REIT	REI.UN	9.40
Algonquin Power & Utility	AQN	75.62	525 Shares
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS	45.82
BCE Inc.	BCE	43.05
Total Dividends		236.74

January 2019, lets see what a whole year has done!

Company	Ticker (TSX)	$(Cdn)	Notes
Canadian Apartment REIT	CAR.UN	14.41	Dividend raise!
TD Bank	TD	30.15	New.
Pizza Pizza	PZA	26.81 (376 Sh	DRIP'd up!
Pembina Pipeline Corp.	PPL	26.22	Dividend Raise!
RioCan REIT	REI.UN	14.40	Dividend raise! Bought more.
Algonquin Power & Utility	AQN	92.22 (549 Shares)	Dividend Raises, US/CAD FX and DRIP's
Bank of Nova Scotia	BNS	49.30	Dividend Raise!
Ishare S&P/TSX	XEI	5.52 (62 Shares)	New
Plaza Retail REIT	PLZ.UN	4.83(207 shares)	New.
Cineplex Inc	CGX	15.66	New.
Total Dividends		279.52	+42.78

    Now for a full year, I have mixed feelings how it went investing wise. In a whole year I would hope to have raised my monthly income comparing the same month a year later by more than $42.78. Part of the lower than liked increase is due to some higher expenses going on in my life, but also from the shifting around of the portfolio in general. The sell of Bell (BCE) which paid into that quarter, Enbridge income fund(ENF) being absorbed by parent company Enbridge (ENB), now paying out in a different Quarter rather than monthly.

   The uptick is from the addition of monthly payers Cineplex (CGX), Plaza Reit (PLZ.UN) and the dividend ETF of XEI. As well as a good amount of DRIP's from Pizza Pizza and Algonquin. PLZ is now also DRIP'ing a share a month.

Dividend Update: 2017 Dividend Total!

    Making a very belated update of my dividend income from 2017. I have some mixed feelings for my year of investing and building up my portfolio's passive income. While I am pleased with receiving $1,881.49 in dividends, which as I usually like to qualify against pretending my portfolio is working a minimum wage job. My little money making Wisp worked about 134 hours at $14/hr in 2017.

May 2017: Dividend Income!

    Another update on the lovely dividends that I have received so far this year. May is one of my slower months, with mostly just the monthly dividend payers. I am quite happy with the income base that those companies provide, and just knowing that every month I will get and be able to reasonably rely on $60+ per month if needed.

April 2017: Dividend Update

    April is one of my big dividend months, with the majority of my quarterly dividend stocks paying out. Which means I get to see some big, juicy dividends hitting my Questrade Brokerage Account.

March 2017: Dividend Update

    Just a quick post to show my dividends for the month of March. I am happy to report that this March showed a healthy increase in my passive income. With dividend raises from Suncor and Manulife Financial. As well as a new contributor in Canadian Apartment REIT, with its monthly distribution.

Company	Ticker	$(Cdn)	Notes
Dream Office REIT	D.UN	20.50
Veresen	VSN	8.33
Pizza Pizza	PZA	9.98
Pembina Pipeline Corp.	PPL	15.2
RioCan REIT	REI.UN	9.4
CDN Apartment REIT	CAR.UN	3.96	+$3.96
Manulife	MFC	39.95	+$4.80
Suncor	SU	6.4	+$0.60
Total Dividends		113.72	+$9.36

    In total, I received $113.72 in dividends, with an increase over the previous comparable month by $9.36. It feels pretty good to have hit the $100 mark and now starting to move ahead of it!

February 2017: Dividend Update!

    Just a quick update on my February dividends. And while my postings on such things may not be too regular or consistent these dividends sure are!

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 :)

December 2016: Dividend Update!

    The final dividend update for 2016! Another quiet month of stable dividend income, coming out the same as the previous comparable month. With the help of my slightly larger Manulife position, the total dividends hit $104.36, nicely over the $100 mark!

November 2016: Dividend Update!

    Another quick update on a fairly calm and steady month of dividend income. Novembers only increase in dividend income was from a payout increase from the Royal Bank of Canada. And I am happy to accept another 80cents a quarter with no additional work on my part.

October 2016: Dividend Update!

    Just getting in a quick dividend update from October 2016. The first of a quarter is always makes for a good month of dividend income for me, with this months being no different. Had a slight increase from the previously comparable month due to a small fluctuation in the foreign exchange rate between Algonquin's USD dividend and Canadian funds which my portfolio trades in.

September 2016: Dividend Update

    My favourite update to post about, my dividend income! Not only is it among the easiest money to earn, but also the most fun to write about. And September made it even better with a new high water mark for its comparable month of dividends, with over $100 in passive income! With the additional shares of Manulife Financial helping to push it over the $100 mark.

August 2016: Dividend Update!

    August continued the steady stream of dividend income for me. This month it edged up a bit higher than the previously comparable month by $0.28. The increase in income is from both Pizza Pizza Royalty fund and the National Bank of Canada paying out higher.

   In just a little bit more time, I am hoping to have another dividend raise, or perhaps a new purchase to bump the second month of every quarter's dividend income to over $100.

July 2016: Dividend Update!

    July is a great month for so many reasons; summer is in full swing with warm weather, the sun is out after 8pm and I received my highest month yet in dividend income! July beat out last April's payout by $12.46 on dividend increases and a weakening Canadian Dollar against the U.S Dollar alone. No extra effort on my part to earn it besides holding onto those shares.

June 2016: Dividend Update!

    June continued the steady pace of dividends being paid out into my brokerage account. The third month of every quarter has so far consistently been my lowest month for dividends, with mostly just my monthly dividend payers. Although I am slowly working on that with the addition of Manulife Financial to my portfolio this year, and more recently adding again to the position during the Brexit market 'discount'.

May 2016: Dividend Update!

    May made for a steady month of dividend income.With very little in terms of changes to my dividend income from the previously comparable month. My total dividend income for May was $98.83, a mere $0.34 less than last time. Nearly breaking the $100 mark once again!

April 2016: Dividend Update!

    April provided me with a solid month of dividend income.Where monthly distributions continue to be the base of my passive income, and a few of my larger quarterly payers such as Algonquin Power, Bank of Nova Scotia and BCE contributed big boosts to my income.

March 2016: Dividend Update!

    March made for a pretty good month of dividends. Falling just short of breaking the $100 mark for dividend income. I still increased the amount received from the previous third month of the quarter by $11.54 . So I am very happy to see the progression. Had Dream Office REIT not cut its dividend, I would have been closer to $110!

February 2016: Dividend Update!

    As 2016 continues on, February has already passed us. Even with the extra day afforded to us from having a leap year! With the extra day or not, my dividends have steadily kept on coming in. Even better they continue to grow at a steady pace (for the most part).
    February was another great month of dividends for me. Once again getting over $100 in dividend income, and progressively pulling ahead of the previous comparable months dividend income by $8.76. Also a huge improvement from February 2014, where that months dividends were $44.89.

January 2016: Dividend Update!

    January, being the first month of Q1 is usually always a great month for dividend income for me. January 2016 is proven to be no exception to that, having been an excellent month with my new high mark for passive income. My monthly payers continue to give me a solid base of dividend income, while the quarterly dividends pushed me well into the $200 mark!

    While the Canadian dollar may have gotten weaker against the US Dollar, making some imported products more expensive here in Canada, I did benefit a bit from it with my US Dollar dividend from AQN rising by $5.06 simply from the change in exchange rate.

December 2015: Dividend Update!

    With December coming to a close, 2015 is going with it as well. I am very happy to once again to be posting about the dividends that I have received this month, as well as looking back over this years progress. Seeing the dividends get deposited into my brokerage account always makes me smile, and I get an even bigger smile at the end of the month every time I see that the months dividends have out paced the previously comparable month. This December was no different, with the months dividends once again pulling ahead!