Last month was a good month with a dividend income of $514.57 for the month of November. I want to try and keep my monthly dividends above that $500 mark. My dividend income for December should smash that, it was my top month of last year and I’m curious to see where my year ends up.
December Dividend Income
For the month of December I received dividends from 20 different companies (and 1 company twice):
| Ticker | Company Name | Amount |
| TSE:AX.UN | Artis REIT | $99.00 |
| TSE:CWB | Canadian Western Bank | $82.57 |
| TSE:PLZ.UN | Plaza REIT | $69.24 |
| ORI | Old Republic | $65.63 |
| TSE:CLF | Bonds | $61.73 |
| CVE:PTG | Pivot | $50.00 |
| TSE:NVU:UN | Northview Apartment REIT | $45.90 |
| TSE:SU | Suncor | $41.47 |
| TSE:NVU.UN | Northview Apartment REIT | $40.74 |
| TSE:D.UN | Dream Office REIT | $37.50 |
| AIG | American International | $32.00 |
| TSE:BIP.UN | Brookfield Infr | $24.29 |
| TSE:TS.B | TorStar | $20.43 |
| TSE:BEI.UN | Boardwalk REIT | $19.13 |
| TSE:XBB | Bonds | $18.19 |
| TSE:PZA | Pizza Pizza | $16.04 |
| TSE:POW | Power Corp | $11.73 |
| TSE:XLB | Bonds | $9.82 |
| TSE:SJR.B | Shaw | $7.41 |
| NVDA | Nvidia | $7.00 |
| TSE:MG | Magna International | $6.56 |
| Total | $766.38 |
I received $766.38 in dividends for the month of December. That is 70 hours paid at B.C.’s minimum wage of $10.85 per hour!
Nuts and Bolts
- My year over year increase was 21.8% or $136.57 more then 2015
- My quarter over quarter increase was 6.02%
- I had a decent quarter, I’m moving in the right direction
| Month | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 $INC | 2016 %INC |
| January | $152.00 | $367.00 | $215.00 | 141.45% |
| February | $229.00 | $427.00 | $198.00 | 86.46% |
| March | $385.00 | $602.00 | $217.00 | 56.36% |
| April | $201.00 | $313.00 | $112.00 | 55.72% |
| May | $375.00 | $456.00 | $81.00 | 21.60% |
| June | $475.00 | $676.00 | $201.00 | 42.32% |
| July | $200.00 | $380.00 | $180.00 | 90.00% |
| August | $375.00 | $501.00 | $126.00 | 33.60% |
| September | $499.00 | $716.88 | $217.88 | 43.66% |
| October | $236.00 | $479.38 | $243.38 | 103.13% |
| November | $418.00 | $514.57 | $96.57 | 23.10% |
| December | $624.00 | $760.03 | $136.03 | 21.80% |
| YTD Total | $4,169.00 | $6,192.86 | $2,023.86 | 48.55% |
My total dividend haul this year is now $6,192.86, $2,023.86 more than my last years total.
Every quarter there are 3 months or dividend payouts, this is the big one.
I passed my last years total in October. This year, I had a goal of $6,000 and just squeaked past.
How Much Free Money?
| Year | Total Dividends Received |
| 2014 | $2,421.00 |
| 2015 | $4,169.00 |
| 2016 | $6,193.00 |
| 2017 | $0.00 |
| 2018 | $0.00 |
| 2019 | $0.00 |
| 2020 | $0.00 |
| Total | $12,783 |
Since 2014 I have received $12,783 of free money just to own some companies.
I hope everyone else had a great year.
Awesome year you had and 2017 will be even better. 6 months over 500. That’s only going to go up and up.
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Thanks Doug,
I hope you have a great 2017 as well!
Steve, absolutely awesome man. Your last three years have been incredible for growth! Keep it up. You’re well on your way to having a great safety net in place for your family.
My DEC was a record month for me but I still missed my 2016 goal. Next year!
Passive Income Dude recently posted…Goals for 2017: Bigger, Better, Bolder!
You were very close and had a high bar to meet at 10g passive income.
You still had a 4% YoY growth which is very impressive.
Keep pushing and we will both see early retirement soon 🙂
DeviCents,
Those are some awesome charts. That you for sharing your numbers with us. Keep up the great work.
DM
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Thanks DM!
Well done Steve! Looks like a great end to a great year. Glad you are profiting on the Canadian real estate market with all those fat-yielding REITS. Awesome!
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Thanks Jay,
As much crap people like to hand out to REIT’s, they are proven winners for me.
My TFSA which hold most of my REITS was up 33.82% in 2016 and beat the TSX by 15.45%.
I might not add anymore REIT’s in 17 but I don’t plan on selling the ones I do own.
Congrats on breaking the $6K mark for 2016. Very impressive. Free money is the best. I’ve included your December income in my monthly tracker.
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