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
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You	Just You and Me	02:19
George Banton	I'm Still In Love With You	I'm Still In Love With You	04:52
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Claudja Barry	(Boogie Woogie) Dancin' Shoes	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	President Roots	The Money Makers	02:40
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Going In Circles	ST	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Sid Lovejoy	Set Me Free	Jah Jah Knows	03:41
Leroy Brown	I Wish You Belonged to Me	Nice & Slow	03:46
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Cougars	Spanish Waltz - Catillian	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23
Crack of Dawn	Season’s Change	Spotlight	04:48
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Stan Martin	Come to the Party	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	04:37
Trevor Dandy	Don’t Cry Little Tree	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:10
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Cougars	Right On	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	02:50
Crack of Dawn	How Many Times	Horizons	02:59
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Glen Ricketts	Looking Back	Just Can't Get Over You	04:34
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright (This Feeling) (stereo)	It's Alright (This Feeling) (promo)	02:39
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Crack of Dawn	Wait Till After Dark	Horizons	03:52
Crack of Dawn	Boobie Ruby	Spotlight	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	A Portion From Up North	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:42
Tony Kingston	Lookin' Down the Aisle	Tongue Tied	04:37
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Noel Ellis	Memories	ST	06:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love In This World	Sing Hallelujah	04:46
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	Spotlight	03:35
Stan Martin	Let Me Wait	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:35
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Claudja Barry	Sexy Talkin' Lover	The Girl Most Likely	04:04
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Tony Kingston	Sleepin' in the Shadow of My Dream	Tongue Tied	02:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Claudja Barry	Boogie Tonight	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:53
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Glen Ricketts	Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart	Commandments Of Love	03:02
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Fun Surround Dem	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Otis Gayle	Searching for You	Love is a Thing	03:23
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Claudja Barry	Every Beat of My Heart	The Girl Most Likely	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Claudja Barry	Give it Up	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:40
Glen Ricketts	If Loving You Is Wrong	Just Can't Get Over You	04:37
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Leroy Brown	Perfidia	Genuine Love	03:46

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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