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
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Glen Ricketts	Rise Up	Rise Up	04:40
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Claudja Barry	Love for the Sake of Love	Sweet Dynamite	05:17
Carl Harvey	The Times	The Times	04:24
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Jah B	Far I (Dub)	Live Up	05:22
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Mighty Pope	If That's the Way You Want It	ST	03:49
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Cougars	Expo ‘67 Calypso	Caribana '67 Volume 1	06:02
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Stan Martin	Dr. Cool	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:56
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
Crack of Dawn	Have I Got Your Love	Horizons	03:49
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Messenjah	Special Kind of Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Bahdgyal Bubble	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Crack of Dawn	Board Walking	ST	03:05
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Glen Ricketts	Looking Back	Just Can't Get Over You	04:34
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Roots (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	04:28
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Bob Williams	I Believe in Music (Mac Davis)	Mighty Creator b/w I Believe in Music	04:42
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:25
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Crack of Dawn	It’s Alright	Spotlight	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Claudja Barry	Ride On My Fire	Sweet Dynamite	04:09
Stan Martin	Hop Skipping the Boogie	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:00
King Herbert And the Knights	I Believe	With Jack Harden	02:45
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Crack of Dawn	Stand Tall	ST	02:46
Cougars	Right On	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	02:50
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Tony Kingston	What d'You Say (instrumental)	What d'You Say b/w What d'You Say (instrumental)	02:41
Tony Kingston	The Worst That Could Happen	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	03:26
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Mighty Pope	Sweet Blindless	Sway	07:48
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Stranger Cole	Children	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:51
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Mighty Pope	Love on a Disco Floor	ST	03:01
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Trevor Dandy	I Want My Light to Shine	Sing Hallelujah	03:42
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Otis Gayle	What You Won't Do for Love	The Best Of	02:54

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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