Canadians are increasingly putting their plans to buy a home on hold over economic uncertainty, a poll from Scotiabank says. “It’s no surprise that a perfect storm made up of the rising cost of living, housing supply shortages, and increased demand has caused Canadians to feel like homeownership is out of reach,” said John Webster, head of Real Estate and Secured Lending at Scotiabank, in a statement on April 4. Conducted between Feb. 15 and Feb. 17 with 3,027 adults, the online housing poll shows that 43 percent of Canadians were putting their plans on hold, compared to 33 percent in 2021, and 20 percent in 2020. And that is twice as many Canadians when compared to the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the height of uncertainty in 2020, the bank said in a press release Monday. The expectation held by millennials toward the housing market conditions seems …