We were a beneficiary of the Syrian refugees, and that certainly helped to bump us up.
We did have the largest increase in population growth in Halifax since World War II, so it was significant growth. Halifax is a bubble in Nova Scotia. In Nova Scotia, we are experiencing population declines overall. Nova Scotia did have growth last year, but Halifax had greater growth. We are a major metropolitan centre in this area, and we are attracting growth from the rural areas in Nova Scotia. That is not such great news, to be perfectly honest.
We're also attracting people back to Nova Scotia, as Marco said, with the cost of living in Toronto or Vancouver at a point where people can cash out on a house and purchase a significant dwelling here for certainly less cost. For young people now, the chances of actually building or getting a house in some of those markets is becoming unaffordable. I think that is attracting the youth as well. Last year, I believe, we had less university students leave than we've had in the last 10 or 15 years, which is a wonderful accomplishment.