RRSP Investors: 2 Stocks for Dividends and Total Returns

Canadian savers are searching for reliable dividend stocks to add to their self-directed Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) portfolios. Fortis Fortis (TSX:FTS) just reported solid first-quarter (Q1) 2025 earnings results. Net income for the quarter came in at $499 million, or $1.00 per share, compared to $459 million, or $0.93 per share, in the same period last year. The company put $1.4 billion in capital to work in the quarter as part of the $5.2 billion capital plan for all of 2025. Fortis is working on a $26 billion capital program over five years that will raise the rate base…