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
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Trevor Dandy	Lord I Come to Thee	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Claudja Barry	Let It Snow - Frosty The Snowman	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:22
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
R. Jackson Zee	Jamaica I Hear You Calling	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Roots Radics	Falling in Love	Two Time Girl	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Crack of Dawn	Fresh Bananas	Horizons	03:43
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Trevor Dandy	Mountains We Must Climb	Sing Hallelujah	04:13
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Jackie Mittoo	Angry Man	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:11
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Claudja Barry	Love for the Sake of Love	Sweet Dynamite	05:17
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Don't Come Easy	Solid Love Affair	03:16
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Tongue Tied	02:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Tony Kingston	The Worst That Could Happen	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	03:26
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet (version)	First Trumpet	05:57
Trevor Dandy	Sing Hallelujah	Sing Hallelujah	05:26
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Insecura Luva	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:45
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Crack of Dawn	Somebody's Watching You	ST	03:14
King Herbert And the Knights	You Make Me So Very Happy	With Jack Harden	05:09
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Jah B	Please Dub	Live Up	05:38
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Glen Ricketts	A Man Needs a Woman	Just Can't Get Over You	04:15
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Milk	Show Case Volume 3	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Otis Gayle	Sexy Eyes	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	04:12
Jackie Mittoo	Western Piper	Wild Jockey	03:54
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Mighty Pope	In-a-gadda-da-vida	Sway	07:29
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Claudja Barry	White Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:13
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Jump the Fence	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:26

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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