Sussex, New Brunswick Sussex, New Brunswick Sussex (2016 population: 4,282) is a city in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada. Sussex straddles the Kennebecasis River, northeast of Saint John, and is a major dairy product producer in the province. It is home to Atlantic Canada's largest hot air balloon festival. Sussex is also known as Cow Town, Suss Town, Dairy Town and the Mural Capital of Atlantic Canada. The Town of Sussex is located in south central New Brunswick, Canada, between the province's three largest cities, Saint John, Moncton, and Fredericton. In 1857 the European and North American Railway was opened, connecting the farming
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