Dividend Champions
ContenderCA

Royal Bank of Canada RY

Has raised its dividend for 15 straight years, since 2012.

Streak
15 yrs
Price
C$277.51
Fwd yield
2.5%
5y DGR
10.3%
Chowder
12.8
EPS payout
43%
Dividend Safety93 · Very Safefree score

Dividend history

Regular dividends per year, in CAD.

1990
1.45
1991
1.16
1992
1.16
1993
1.16
1994
1.16
1995
1.18
1996
1.33
1997
1.52
1998
1.76
1999
3.75

Dividend growth

1y
14.3%
3y
9.2%
5y
10.3%
10y
7.8%

Streak anchor: CDASL (Canadian Dividend All-Star List), as of 2026-09-30, rolled forward with our data. How we count

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About the founding team

Robert and Sam Kovacs have been helping individuals retire on dividends for over a decade. In the past few years Ben, Sam's brother and Robert's son, has joined the family business. Together they run the Dividend Freedom Tribe, a premium service where they supply members with model portfolios, weekly stock lists, and analysis to stay ahead of the markets, sleep well at night, and live forever on dividend checks.

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