History Of The Hippie Movement

A minority like the Hippies had an infamous reputation for “wreaking havoc” everywhere they went(go) and were once considered to be the pests of society, , these “pests” hypothetically managed to change Canadian society in a way that most other influential groups/people failed to do . The Hippie movement began in the mid 60’s to describe a counterculture of people that rejected mainstream ideas and were associated with social or political movements of that decade . Hippy Culture originated in Greenwich Village , New York and San Fran, California and spread throughout North America . Canadian hippies mainly lived in the Kitsilano district of Vancouver and around Yorkville , Toronto . Although this minority was considered to be a burden