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
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Claudja Barry	Cold Fire	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:27
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Claudja Barry	Forget About You	I Wanna Be Loved By You	02:53
Chalawa	Deepest and Darkest	Deepest and Darkest	04:47
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Claudja Barry	Love of the Hurtin' Kind	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Stranger Cole	Tell Me Darling	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:22
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Tony Kingston	Faith, Hope & Charity	Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Crack of Dawn	The Key	ST	02:50
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	The Keyboard King	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Lindsay Estiban	Fancy Ladies	L.A. Walk	03:31
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	ST	02:49
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Claudja Barry	This Taste of Love	Sweet Dynamite	04:29
Claudja Barry	Love for the Sake of Love	Sweet Dynamite	05:17
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Tony Kingston	What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Mighty Pope	Because the Night	Sway	05:31
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Claudja Barry	Take it Easy	The Girl Most Likely	06:50
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
George Banton	It May Never Be The Same	I'm Still In Love With You	04:35
Winston Hewitt	Roses Are Red	Full of Love	07:52
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
Claudja Barry	Boogie Tonight	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:53
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Woman Be Good	ST	02:59
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	ST	03:45
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:23
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
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
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No. 2	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:27
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Mighty Pope	If That's the Way You Want It	ST	03:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Forgot About Mich - Fam	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05

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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