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
Trevor Dandy	I Want My Light to Shine	Sing Hallelujah	03:42
Crack of Dawn	Fresh Bananas	Horizons	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Jackie Mittoo	For All We Know	Reggae Magic	03:07
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Tony Kingston	Lookin' Down the Aisle	Tongue Tied	04:37
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Division One	Macka Fat	03:15
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Leroy Gibbon	Roadblocks	Just Like That	03:01
Jackie Mittoo	The Penetrator	The Keyboard King	03:00
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	If Only They Knew	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:53
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Going In Circles	ST	03:48
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Jamaican Funk	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Autumn Song	Wild Jockey	03:12
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Mighty Pope	Sway	Sway	05:04
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Claudja Barry	Rudolph the Red-nosed Rendeer	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:41
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Carl Harvey	Late Night Raver	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:47
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Trevor Dandy	Long Journey	Sing Hallelujah	04:28
Crack of Dawn	Keep The Faith (stereo)	Keep The Faith (promo)	02:44
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love In This World	Sing Hallelujah	04:46
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Leroy Brown	Can't Stop Me (Extended Mix)	Genuine Love	06:24
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:18
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Otis Gayle	Man on a Mission	Love is a Thing	03:53
Claudja Barry	I Wanna be Loved by You	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:57
Crack of Dawn	If You Want To Groove	Horizons	03:31
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Stranger Cole	Freedom, Justice And Equality	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:06
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Jackie Mittoo	Lazy Bones	Macka Fat	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	World of Love	Stepping Tiger	04:06
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Otis Gayle	Greatest Gift	Love is a Thing	03:15
Trevor Dandy	Don't Cry Little Tree	Sing Hallelujah	04:39
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Tony Kingston	Lonely Blues (instrumental)	Tongue Tied	02:56
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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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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