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
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Trevor Dandy	Have You Ever Wondered?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	I'll be Happy	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:29
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Claudja Barry	Forget About You	I Wanna Be Loved By You	02:53
Claudja Barry	I Wanna be Loved by You	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:57
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun	Just Having Fun	05:57
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright (This Feeling) (stereo)	It's Alright (This Feeling) (promo)	02:39
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	By The Time I Get to Phoenix	ST	03:16
Claudja Barry	Ride On My Fire	Sweet Dynamite	04:09
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Claudja Barry	(Boogie Woogie) Dancin' Shoes	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:00
Mighty Pope	In-a-gadda-da-vida	Sway	07:29
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Cougars	I Wish It Would Rain	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	04:34
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Crack of Dawn	Have I Got Your Love	Horizons	03:49
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Going In Circles	ST	03:48
Stranger Cole	Burn Caesar	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	A Portion From Up North	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
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
Jo-Jo And The Fugitives	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split (Wayne McGhie)	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split b/w Fugitive Song	02:22
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Claudja Barry	The Twelwe Days Of Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Trevor Dandy	It's a Long Journey	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:56
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Glen Ricketts	Hold On	Rise Up	04:25
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Bahdgyal Bubble	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:45
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Bennett Jo	Me and You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:24
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Let's Stay Together	You Are My Lady	04:37
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31

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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