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
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Mothers & Fathers	Broken Arrow	05:16
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Lindsay Estiban	Going Away	L.A. Walk	05:08
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Times Change	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:16
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Crack of Dawn	Just Time For Lovin'	Horizons	03:04
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Tony Kingston	Summertime	Tongue Tied	03:12
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'll Call You	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:03
Crack of Dawn	Your Love	Spotlight	05:40
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Trevor Dandy	Have You Ever Wondered?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
King Herbert And the Knights	Ode to Billy Joe	With Jack Harden	04:15
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Noel Ellis	Stop Your Fighting	ST	06:27
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
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 3	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:41
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	ST	02:49
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Trevor Dandy	I Want My Light to Shine	Sing Hallelujah	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Norma King	Anna Bee - Come and Dance With Me	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Crack of Dawn	Boobie Ruby	ST	02:22
Roots Earth And Water	Johnnie Osborne - Right, Right Time	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	04:29
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46

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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