The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

This room celebrates the vibrant legacy of Jamaican immigrants who settled across Ontario—not just in Toronto, but also in cities like Hamilton, London, Windsor, Ottawa, and beyond. The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection features reggae, ska, rocksteady, dancehall, dub, and hip-hop from the artists and communities that carried island rhythms into Canadian hearts and dancehalls. From early sound systems to national airplay, this music reflects resilience, identity, and joy—an irie tribute to the Jamaican-Canadian experience across the province.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:58
Glen Ricketts	I'm Sorry About That	Just Can't Get Over You	04:04
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Messenjah	Dub Master	Cool... But Deadly	04:38
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Crack of Dawn	Got To Be	Horizons	03:42
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Tony Kingston	I Am a Preacher	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Waiting For Love	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:06
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Able (featuring Xentury)	Willing and Able	04:41
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Leroy Sibbles	The System	Now	03:48
Crack of Dawn	Fresh Bananas	Horizons	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Claudja Barry	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:48
Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	Spotlight	04:33
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Tony Kingston	Lonely Blues (instrumental)	Tongue Tied	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Carl Harvey	The Times	The Times	04:24
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)	Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)	04:56
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Mighty Pope	Many Rivers to Cross	If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross	03:54
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Claudja Barry	This Taste of Love	Sweet Dynamite	04:29
Claudja Barry	Sweet Dynamite	Sweet Dynamite	04:08
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Crack of Dawn	Ol’ Skool	Spotlight	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Trevor Dandy	It's a Long Journey	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:56
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Leroy Sibbles	Reggae Music	It's Not Over	03:41
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Crack of Dawn	The Key	ST	02:50
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Say About Us? (featuring Jenna)	Say About Us?	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Darker Shades	Show Case Volume 3	03:53
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	I Love You	03:01
Chalawa	Meatanya	Deepest and Darkest	07:23
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Trevor Dandy	Lay Your Burdens	Sing Hallelujah	03:47
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Stan Martin	Let Me Wait	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:35
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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Desmond Chambers - Tiger Bom

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Stranger Cole - Storybook Revisited

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Stranger Cole - More Life EP (with The Steadytones)

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Stranger Cole - Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)

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Stranger Cole - The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)

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Stranger Cole - "Forward" in the Land of Sunshine

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Stranger Cole - The Patriot

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Stranger Cole - Capture Land

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Carl Harvey - Just Having Fun

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Carl Harvey - The Times

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Carl Harvey - Ecstacy of Mankind

Carl Harvey - Ebony Lady

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Cougars - Caribana '67 Volume 1

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Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers - Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool

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Ishan People - Roots

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Ishan People - ST

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - The First Cut Is The Deepest

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Bahdgyal's Revenge

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Willing and Able

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Made It

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Say About Us?

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Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock) - Jamaican Funk

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Bob Williams - I Love You (In A Very Special Way) b/w Life Must Go On

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Bob Williams - I'm Alright

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Bob Williams - Mighty Creator b/w I Believe in Music

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Soul Explosion Band - Out of Many One People

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Mighty Mystics - Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms

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