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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Crack of Dawn	Somebody’s Watching You	Spotlight	04:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	If Only They Knew	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:53
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Bob Williams	I Believe in Music (Mac Davis)	Mighty Creator b/w I Believe in Music	04:42
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Tony Kingston	One Night With You	Tongue Tied	02:38
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Glen Ricketts	Put Your Trust in Jah	Rise Up	05:18
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Glen Ricketts	A Man Needs a Woman	Just Can't Get Over You	04:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Say About Us? (Kanio Remix)	Say About Us?	03:17
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Sattalites	Miracles	Miracles	04:54
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 1	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:31
Crack of Dawn	Fresh Bananas	Horizons	03:43
Winston Hart	Let God Lead	Genuine Love	04:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
King Herbert And the Knights	Chicken Strut	With Jack Harden	03:43
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Claudja Barry	Ride On My Fire	Sweet Dynamite	04:09
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Johnny Osbourne	Ready Or Not	Ready Or Not	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Tony Kingston	Lookin' Down the Aisle	Tongue Tied	04:37
Stranger Cole	Lifting Me Higher	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:55
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It	Made It	03:00
Lindsay Estiban	Reach Out	L.A. Walk	05:42
Mighty Pope	Rescue Me	Whatever Goes Around b/w Rescue Me	03:02
Claudja Barry	Heavy Makes You Happy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:55
Roots Radics	Today	Two Time Girl	03:30
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Forgot About Mich - Fam	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:10
Leroy Sibbles	Weep and Mourn	Mean While	02:56
Cougars	I Wish It Would Rain	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	04:34
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Claudja Barry	Love Machine	The Girl Most Likely	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Leroy Sibbles	Dance Hall Style	Mean While	03:52
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

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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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