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
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Locks and Keys	Hot Blood	02:25
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Soul Bird b/w Wishbone	02:41
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Trevor Dandy	Every Time	Sing Hallelujah	04:21
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Trevor Dandy	He Will	Sing Hallelujah	04:23
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
King Herbert And the Knights	Lucille	With Jack Harden	02:45
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Take a Letter Maria	ST	03:14
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	ST	02:58
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Cynthia Webber	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:51
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Bahdgyal Bubble	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:45
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Carl Harvey	Missing You	The Times	04:55
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Eddie Spencer	Power of Love	Power of Love b/w Now That I've Found You	02:34
Crack of Dawn	Wait Till After Dark	Horizons	03:52
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Seat Up	03:32
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 2	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:38
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Claudja Barry	Take it Easy	The Girl Most Likely	06:50
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Jamaican Funk	Jamaican Funk	03:23
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Fire (She Need Water)	ST	03:03
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Crack of Dawn	Fresh Bananas	Horizons	03:43
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Crack of Dawn	Oh What a Feeling	ST	02:40
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59

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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