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
Carl Harvey	Taboo	The Times	04:44
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	We've Arrived In America	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Mighty Pope	Because the Night	Sway	05:31
‎Calvin Benjamin	Dear Jah	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:01
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Mighty Pope	Sweet Blindless	Sway	07:48
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
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
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Claudja Barry	Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home	The Girl Most Likely	02:54
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Claudja Barry	Joy to the World	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:58
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Crack of Dawn	Somebody’s Watching You	Spotlight	04:34
Claudja Barry	Jingle Bells	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:43
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Insecura Luva	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Whey Mee Get It From	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:38
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Cynthia Webber	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Trevor Dandy	Mountains We Must Climb	Sing Hallelujah	04:13
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Winston Hewitt	It Feel So Good	Full of Love	04:01
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
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
King Herbert And the Knights	Sing a Simple Song	With Jack Harden	04:48
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Claudja Barry	Love Machine	The Girl Most Likely	03:49
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
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	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Lindsay Estiban	Never Will I	L.A. Walk	06:04
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	When I Think of Home	ST	02:49
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight	Just You and Me	03:03
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Eddie Spencer	Now That I've Found You	Power of Love b/w Now That I've Found You	02:28
Crack of Dawn	Board Walking	ST	03:05
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Christine White Joy	Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me	You Have Got To Come Back	05:56
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	ST	03:45
Tony Kingston	Dimples	Tongue Tied	01:59
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Claudja Barry	This Taste of Love	Sweet Dynamite	04:29
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	The Wedding	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:05
Trevor Dandy	Sometimes	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:33
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Trevor Dandy	Don't Cry Little Tree	Sing Hallelujah	04:39
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Winston Hewitt	Let it Be	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:14
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33

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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