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
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Jamaican Funk Canadian Stlye	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:34
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:32
Mighty Pope	Heaven On The Seventh Floor	ST	02:44
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Johnny Osbourne	A Kiss Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:28
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Stan Martin	Dr. Cool	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:56
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Tony Kingston	People Started Talking	Now You're Gone	02:31
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Jamaican Funk	Jamaican Funk	03:23
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
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
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
R. Jackson Zee	Wonderland	Seat Up	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Dub	Broken Arrow	04:27
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Crack of Dawn	The Key	ST	02:50
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love In This World	Sing Hallelujah	04:46
Carl Harvey	Only the Moment	The Times	05:00
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Still Here	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Stan Martin	Big Mouth Woman	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	02:51
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Mighty Pope	In-a-gadda-da-vida	Sway	07:29
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed Last Night	Don't Cry Little Tree	02:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	More Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Trevor Dandy	Have You Ever Wondered?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Carl Harvey	The Times	The Times	04:24
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Looking Back	Just Can't Get Over You	04:34
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Pluggy Satchmo	High Society	Porridge	03:56
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	All NIght Stand	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:49
Bennett Jo	Lecture Me	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:13
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Do You Remember	Snapshot	02:17
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Tony Kingston	Proud Mary	Tongue Tied	04:24

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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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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Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

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Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

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Mighty Pope - Sway

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