uuummm good luck and congratulations all in the same breath!!
I am single also and have owned my home for almost 4 years. I was 23 when I bought my house. It is dinky, very very dinky. But like I said in your apt post, The payment is half of what I would pay in rent and it is MINE MINE MINE! I can have as many animals as I want. (which I do :dog/cat/fish).
I have had 2 of my friends at 23 and 24 buy their own houses also. It just makes sense, in rural OH. I realize that Canada might be different.