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
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Messenjah	No Skinning Up	Cool... But Deadly	04:06
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Leroy Brown	Heartache	Genuine Love	03:59
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Claudja Barry	The Way You are Dancing	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:27
Jackie Mittoo	Mystic World	Stepping Tiger	05:52
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Whey Mee Get It From	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:38
Crack of Dawn	Stand Tall	ST	02:46
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Trevor Dandy	Lord I Come to Thee	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:45
Mighty Pope	Whatever Goes Around	ST	02:57
Bob Williams	I Love You (In A Very Special Way)	I Love You (In A Very Special Way) b/w Life Must Go On	03:45
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
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
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
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
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Jackie Mittoo	In Love With You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:23
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Super 8 Corporation	Black Society	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	02:48
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Roots Radics	Listen Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:57
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Claudja Barry	Take it Easy	The Girl Most Likely	06:50
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Tony Kingston	Lookin' Down the Aisle	Tongue Tied	04:37
Glen Ricketts	If Loving You Is Wrong	Just Can't Get Over You	04:37
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Bahdgyal Bubble - Radio Edit	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:45
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Just You and Me	04:33
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Champion of the Arena	Show Case Volume 3	03:48
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Tongue Tied	02:46
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Love of life	Love of life b/w Love Life	02:36
Claudja Barry	Do it Again (Parts I and II)	Sweet Dynamite	08:31
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Claudja Barry	Nobody Loves Me Like You Do	Sweet Dynamite	02:57
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Crack of Dawn	Give Me Your Love	Horizons	05:07
Claudja Barry	Rudolph the Red-nosed Rendeer	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:41
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love it Or Leave it Alone	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:29
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34

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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