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
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	I Love You	03:50
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Stranger Cole	Millie Maw	Storybook Revisited	02:46
Crack of Dawn	Somebody's Watching You	ST	03:14
Mighty Pope	Many Rivers to Cross	ST	04:04
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Jo-Jo And The Fugitives	Fugitive Song (B. Stone, J. Bennett)	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split b/w Fugitive Song	02:47
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	Love is Wonderful	She'll be Back b/w Love is Wonderful	02:25
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
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Crack of Dawn	Keep The Faith (mono)	Keep The Faith (promo)	02:42
Claudja Barry	When Life Was Just a Game	The Girl Most Likely	03:35
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Leroy Sibbles	Praise Fari	Now	03:08
Tony Kingston	The Letter	Tongue Tied	02:32
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:58
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	She'll be Back	She'll be Back b/w Love is Wonderful	02:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Claudja Barry	O Tannenbaum	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:52
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	I Will Never Turn My Back to You	I'm Not Running After You Anymore b/w I Will Never Turn My Back to You	02:29
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Whey Mee Get It From	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:38
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Mighty Pope	Love on a Disco Floor	ST	03:01
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46
Claudja Barry	Take Me In Your Arms	The Girl Most Likely	04:23
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	L.A. Luv De Bout	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:38
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Stan Martin	In Your Eyes	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	05:35
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Jah B	Far I Train	Live Up	05:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Claudja Barry	Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home	The Girl Most Likely	02:54
Crack of Dawn	Stand Tall	ST	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
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
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No. 3	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:16
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27

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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