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
Roots Earth And Water	Jah Les' Lament	Innocent Youths	03:11
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Claudja Barry	Every Beat of My Heart	The Girl Most Likely	02:34
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Mighty Pope	If You Want a Love Affair	If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross	03:28
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Fire (She Need Water)	ST	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
George Banton	She's Gone Again	The Soul of Toronto	04:16
Stan Martin	Love at First Site	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Winston Hart	Love is Patient	Genuine Love	04:08
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Truths & Rights	Sweet Reggae Music	Time For Us To Unite	04:07
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Otis Gayle	Rise Up	The Best Of	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Carl Harvey	I'll Be Your Friend	The Times	03:45
Winston Hewitt	What Am I Living For	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:42
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	By The Time I Get to Phoenix	ST	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone (Version)	Now You're Gone	02:47
Leroy Sibbles	Let Jah Music Ride	On Top	03:21
Tony Kingston	Tongue Tied	Tongue Tied	03:16
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Color Barrier	02:44
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land	04:01
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Jamaican Funk	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:18
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Mighty Pope	Many Rivers to Cross	If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross	03:54
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Crack of Dawn	Board Walking	ST	03:05
Jo-Jo And The Fugitives	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split (Wayne McGhie)	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split b/w Fugitive Song	02:22
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Leroy Sibbles	Only With You	On Top	02:34
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 3	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:41
Crack of Dawn	I Can't Move No Mountains	ST	02:32
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Kotch	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:50
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No. 3	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:16
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Otis Gayle	Voyage to Atlantis	Love is a Thing	03:51
Mighty Pope	Sweet Blindless	Sway	07:48
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Claudja Barry	Jingle Bells	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58
Carl Harvey	The Last Time	The Times	03:37
Stranger Cole	Yesterday’s Dream	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Leroy Sibbles	Heads of Government	Mean While	03:29
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Claudja Barry	The Twelwe Days Of Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:44
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Crack of Dawn	Dance Your Ass Off	Horizons	01:16
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Leroy Sibbles	Love in the Morning	On Top	02:25
Mighty Pope	Heaven On The Seventh Floor	ST	02:44
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	If Only They Knew	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:53
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
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
Claudja Barry	Let It Snow - Frosty The Snowman	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:22
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	ST	02:49
Merlene Webber	May be the Next Time	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:55
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Tony Kingston	Faith, Hope & Charity	Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity	03:17
Crack of Dawn	Your Love	Spotlight	05:40
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	02:23

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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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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Mighty Pope - ST

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Mighty Pope - Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength

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Mighty Pope - Whatever Goes Around b/w Rescue Me

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Mighty Pope - If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross

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Jackie Mittoo - Love of life b/w Love Life

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Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars - Who Really Cares

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Jackie Mittoo - Let's Put It all Together

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