Trusts, including REITs, should be excluded. Ex trusts are included. Not sure about partnerships. I didn't see any when I went through some of the picks.
Unfortunately, the $99 upgrade to my P123 membership only has a few days left. So I won't be able to do any more runs. Maybe next time.
One thing that I just noticed: when I limit the selection to 1 stock/sector, it's only getting 7 - 9 stocks.
Do you mean buy the companies with the highest total dividends paid? I did that with the same parameters as above and no sector limit and got 7.2% versus 5.5% for XIC. Current picks are:
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Ticker Name Last MktCap DivPaidTTM
RY:CN Royal Bank of Canada 101.01 147,376 5,251
TD:CN Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) 73.82 136,464 4,116
BNS:CN Bank of Nova Scotia (The) 84.87 101,692 3,745
BCE:CN BCE Inc. 61.78 55,629 2,574
ENB:CN Enbridge Inc 45.95 75,955 2,278
SU:CN Suncor Energy Inc. 44.68 74,010 2,081
CM:CN Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 115.09 50,186 2,068
BMO:CN Bank of Montreal 99.04 64,246 1,925
MFC:CN Manulife Financial Corp 26.76 52,931 1,734
GWO:CN Great-West Lifeco Inc 35.32 34,952 1,557