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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto:\u00a0cPixs.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Canadians are putting off major personal milestones \u2014 including purchasing a home \u2014 because of their debt, a new survey suggests.<\/p>\n Debt has caused 18 percent of Canadians to put off buying a home, according to an Angus Reid Institute survey<\/a> undertaken in partnership with The Globe and Mail newspaper.<\/p>\n Angus Reid Institute, a not-for-profit pollster, conducted the survey of 1,500 Canadian adults online from September 27th\u201330th.<\/p>\n\n Homebuying was not the only activity Canadian debt curtailed. In fact, 32 percent of respondents say they aren\u2019t saving for retirement because of what they owe, while 8 percent haven\u2019t tied the knot and 7 percent are delaying having children.<\/p>\n The number of Millennials living at home has received media attention in recent years as more than a third of Canadians aged 20\u201334 reside with at least one parent, according to the most recent census data available<\/a> from 2016. The share of Canadians in this age group who live at home has been on the rise since 2001.<\/p>\n The Angus Reid survey suggests some Canadians have yet to leave the nest as a result of debt. Five percent of respondents cites debt as a reason they have not moved out of their parents\u2019 home. Of course, the high cost of housing has also been reported as keeping Millennials from striking out on their own.<\/p>\n