Stickney, New Brunswick Stickney, New Brunswick Stickney is a community in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Stickney is located in northwest New Brunswick, on the north side of the Saint John River, about 1 hours from the provincial capital, Fredericton. Stickney is located about 8 minutes from Florenceville-Bristol. Also located in Stickney is the Stickney & Area Recreation Center. The many volunteers at the Stickney & Area Recreation Center work very hard on behalf of their community. Each summer and winter they host annual festivals, the summer one known as Stickney Days. Stickney also has an active Senior's club called "Stickney 50+
New Brunswick industries in the province such as textile manufacturing, iron mills, and sugar refineries, many of which eventually failed to compete with better capitalized industry in central Canada. In 1937 New Brunswick had the highest infant mortality and illiteracy rates in Canada. At the end of the Great Depression the New Brunswick standard of living was much below the Canadian average. In 1940 the Rowell–Sirois Commission reported that federal government attempts to manage the depression illustrated grave flaws in the Canadian constitution. While the federal government had most of the revenue gathering powers, the provinces had many expenditure responsibilities such as