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Dividends | April 2018

Long overdue, my April dividends are here.

My TFSA paid the following:

BCE $5.29
IPL $11.48
RNW $6.66

In my RRSP, PLZ.UN.TO paid a beautiful $5.48.

Bringing my annual dividend total to...

2018 Dividend Total: $190.31
2018 RRSP Dividend Total to $13.64.

Go me go :)
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Location: Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, QC J0L 1W0, Canada

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