My June 2023 dividend total is $7,588.00
This means that in June:
- I earned $251.86 every day from dividends.
- I earned $42.93 per hour from dividends (assuming a 9-5pm job).
- I earned $10.49 every hour of every day of the month from dividends.
- My top 3 dividend earners this month were mostly in the energy sector and were almost 22% of my monthly dividend total:
- Enbridge – ($1,117.36) – 14.5% of my monthly dividend total
- IEFA-IShares Core MSCI EAFE – ($1,188.13) – 15.8% of my monthly dividend total
- SUNCOR ENERGY INC – ($524.68) – 6.9% of my monthly dividend total

- My equity purchases totalled $16,530.88.
- I sold $6,557.44 worth of shares as I continue to pare down and consolidate my portfolio and reinvested the proceeds.
- I added $5,049.79 of new capital this month.
Dividends $7,588.00
Utilities
- Canadian Utilities – $456.68
- FORTIS INC – $363.30
- TRANSALTA RENEWABLES INC – $24.20
- BROOKFIELD RENEWABLE PARTNERS L P – $92.22
Energy
- Enbridge – $1,117.36
- SUNCOR ENERGY INC – $524.68
- Pembina Pipeline Corp – $410.51
Financials
- First National Financial – $124.00
- EQB Inc – $60.31
Insurance
- Manulife Financial – $378.52
- Sun Life Financial – $207.75
- GREAT-WEST LIFECO INC – $107.12
Bonds
- ZCS-BMO Short Corp Bond – $7.89
- ZFL-BMO Long Federal Bond ETF – $188.10
- XSH – IShares Core CDN Short ETF – $4.25
Real Estate
- RIOCAN REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST – $72.45
- CT Reit – $20.61
- SMARTCENTRES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST – $120.26
- CANADIAN APARTMENT PPTYS REAL ESTATE INVT TRUST – $24.16
- CHOICE PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST – $25.20
- H&R REAL ESTATE INVT TR – $7.50
- MORGUARD REAL ESTATE INVT TRUST – $10.18
- PRIMARIS REAL ESTATE INVT TR – $2.53
- NORTHWEST HEALTHCARE PROPERTIES REAL ESTATE INVTMNT TRUST – $16.53
- ARTIS REAL ESTATE INVT TRUST – $8.10
- Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P – $124.92
- BROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE CORP – $85.43
- CI CANADIAN REIT ETF – $6.35
- ISHARES S&P/TSX CAPPED REIT INDEX ETF – $8.12
Transportation
- CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO — $55.30
Consumer
- JOHNSON & JOHNSON – $14.37
- UNILEVER PLC – $17.45
Technology
- INTEL CORP – $3.25
Global
- IEFA-IShares Core MSCI EAFE – $1,188.13
- EEMV-iShares MSCI Emerg Min Vol ETF – $433.35
- QUU-Mackenzie US Large Cap Equity Index ETF – $39.33
- Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta World Low Vol Plus Equity ETF – $348.17
- XSP-iShares S&P 500 Index ETF – $248.25
- ISHARES CORE MSCI ALL CTRY WORLD EX CDA INDEX ETF – $414.70
Other
- QCN-Mackenzie Canadian Equity Index ETF – $175.19
- BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT LTD – $12.25
- BMO LADDERED PREFERRED SHARE INDEX ETF – $4.95
Purchases $16,530.88
I bought $16,530.88 worth of shares this month. I sold $6,557.44 of shares as I continue to consolidate my portfolio (selling out of my positions in GLDM – SPDR Gold MiniShares Trust and THNC – Thinkific Labs Inc). I deposited $5,049.79 in new money this month that contributed to the share purchases below in addition to proceeds from the sales noted above.
- 44 shares of NA – National Bank Of Canada
- 3 shares of BIPC – Brookfield Infrastructure Corp
- 54.3087 shares of RY – Royal Bank of Canada
- 14 shares of ISHARES CORE MSCI ALL CTRY WORLD EX CDA INDEX ETF
- 12 shares of TD – Toronto Dominion Bank
- 2 shares of MFC – Manulife Financial Corp.
- 2 shares of ISHARES S&P/TSX CAPPED REIT INDEX ETF
- 21 shares of ENBRIDGE INC
- 1 share of SRU.UN – SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust
- 2.2768 shares of BNS – Bank Of Nova Scotia
- 9 shares of BCE – BCE Inc
- 13 shares of CM – Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce
- 7 shares of POW – Power Corp. Of Canada
- 1 share of BIP.UN – Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P
- 15 shares of Sun Life Financial, Inc.
- 1 share of T – Telus Corp.
- 2 shares of BIPC – Brookfield Infrastructure Corp
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