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
Crack of Dawn	Your Love	Spotlight	05:40
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Stan Martin	Big Mouth Woman	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	02:54
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Tony Kingston	Too Heavy to Carry	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	02:49
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Claudja Barry	Forget About You	I Wanna Be Loved By You	02:53
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Claudja Barry	Take Me In Your Arms	The Girl Most Likely	04:23
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Stan Martin	Let Me Wait	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:35
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
King Herbert And the Knights	Sissy Strut	With Jack Harden	03:44
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Claudja Barry	Sweet Dynamite	Sweet Dynamite	04:08
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Claudja Barry	White Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:13
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Canada Large	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:57
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Julie Spence	Midnight Blue	Arrives	04:25
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 2	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:38
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Forgot About Mich - Fam	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:10
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Leroy Sibbles	Talk to Me	Evidence	03:08
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Lindsay Estiban	Fancy Ladies	L.A. Walk	03:31
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Crack of Dawn	Board Walking	ST	03:05
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Trevor Dandy	Holy Ghost Power	Sing Hallelujah	02:55
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Mighty Pope	Rescue Me	Whatever Goes Around b/w Rescue Me	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 2	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:38
Mighty Pope	Rescue Me	ST	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Trevor Dandy	Have You Ever Wondered?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:12

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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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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Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

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Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

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Mighty Pope - Sway

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