A 7.7% yield can turn a $10,000 investment into roughly $770 of annual income. That sounds useful, until the stock cuts its payout and the share price falls with it.
Yield tables are particularly good at hiding this danger. Some use dividends paid over the last 12 months instead of the payout investors can reasonably expect over the next 12. An outdated data screen can still make its yield look far higher than the 7.7% investors are actually being offered.
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Screen high yields
The simple, useful calculation is as follows: the latest declared regular payout, annualized, divided by the current share price. Investors should then check cash-flow coverage, debt, and operating momentum before treating a large yield as income.
| COMPANY | RECENT PRICE | NUMBER OF SHARES | ANNUAL DIVIDEND | ANNUAL TOTAL PAYOUT | FREQUENCY | TOTAL INVESTMENT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BTB.UN | $3.91 | 2,557 | $0.30 | $767.10 | Monthly | $9,997.87 |
| AP.UN | $9.38 | 1,066 | $0.72 | $767.52 | Monthly | $9,999.08 |
| BCE | $30.86 | 324 | $1.75 | $567.00 | Quarterly | $9,998.64 |
This screen excludes exchange-traded funds (ETF), split-share corporations, special dividends, and illiquid penny stocks. Among reasonably established TSX companies and real estate investment trusts (REIT), these are three richer yields worth investigating. They are not automatically the best Canadian dividend stocks, they simply pay a lot at current prices. So, are they worth the investment?
BTB
BTB REIT (TSX: BTB.UN) owns industrial, necessity-based retail and suburban office properties. Its latest move was another step toward industrial real estate, including three fully leased Alberta acquisitions expected to add $2.5 million of annualized net operating income (NOI).
Second-quarter rental revenue rose 4.5%, while adjusted funds from operations (AFFO) reached $0.098 per unit. The adjusted AFFO payout ratio improved to 76.5%. At $3.91, the units also trade roughly 30% below BTB’s $5.56 net asset value per unit. The catch is a 58.1% total debt ratio and only 91.3% occupancy, leaving little room for sloppy execution.
AP
Allied Properties REIT (TSX: AP.UN) owns distinctive urban workspaces in major Canadian cities. It secured about $321 million of 2026 property-sale proceeds, including firm transactions, with the cash earmarked for debt reduction.
Leased area reached 86.7%, and the $9.38 unit price sits about 51% below the reported $18.97 net asset value. That discount is hardly free. Second-quarter same-asset net operating income fell 12.6%, net debt remained 12 times adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), and the adjusted AFFO payout ratio was 105.7%. Allied expects distributions to exceed available cash in the near term, so another reduction cannot be dismissed.
BCE
BCE (TSX: BCE) operates wireless, fibre internet, and media businesses. The Ziply Fiber acquisition added a U.S. growth platform, while ongoing cost cuts helped wireline adjusted EBITDA margins expand 110 basis points to 42.7% in the latest quarter.
Reported revenue rose 1.5% for BCE stock, although it declined 2% excluding Ziply. Near $30.86, BCE stock trades around 8.8 times the midpoint of 2026 adjusted earnings guidance. The $0.44 quarterly dividend is far better covered after 2025’s reset, yet leverage near 3.8 times EBITDA and aggressive telecom pricing remain real risks.
Bottom line
BTB offers the strongest current coverage, Allied the deepest discount, and BCE stock the broadest business. None deserves a purchase based on yield alone. A smaller starting position, room to add after results and a diversified portfolio can turn a tempting payout into a more durable income plan.
