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
Demographics of New Brunswick Demographics of New Brunswick New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces, and the only officially bilingual province (French and English) in the country. The provincial Department of Finance estimates that the province's population in 2006 was 729,997 of which the majority is English-speaking but with a substantial (32%) French-speaking minority of mostly Acadian origin. First Nations in New Brunswick include the Mi'kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet). The first European settlers, the Acadians are descendants of French colonists of Acadia, a French colony in what is today Nova scotia. The Acadians were expelled by the British (1755) for refusing to