Two Canadian growth stocks for income investors

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EXTENDICARE INC. $9 (Toronto symbol EXE; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 88.5 million; Market cap: $796.5 million; Dividend yield: 5.3%; Dividend Sustainability Rating: Average; www.extendicare.com) owns 59 long-term care facilities and nine retirement living centres; it manages another 54 facilities. The company also operates 35 ParaMed Home Health Care branches in six provinces. That firm provides nursing care and other forms of assistance to clients who remain in their own homes. It is the largest private-sector provider of publicly funded home health care in Canada. The company pays a monthly dividend of $0.04. The yearly rate of $0.48 a share yields a high 5.3%. Extendicare’s revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2019, rose by 1.0%, to $274.3 million from $271.4 million a year earlier. Revenue at its long-term care and retirement facilities saw higher sales during the quarter offset by lower sales at its ParaMed home health-care business. The company’s cash flow fell 14.3%, to $12.6 million, or $0.138 a..