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	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Claudja Barry	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:48
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	Spotlight	03:35
Mighty Pope	Whatever Goes Around	ST	02:57
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	Never Give Up	It's Not Over	03:55
Claudja Barry	The Way You are Dancing	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:27
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed Last Night	Don't Cry Little Tree	02:58
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
King Herbert And the Knights	Let It Be	With Jack Harden	03:57
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No. 3	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Stan Martin	Let Me Wait	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:35
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Tony Kingston	Proud Mary	Tongue Tied	04:24
Frank Motley & the Hitch-Hikers	Mr. Fortune	Mr. Fortune b/w I May Have Been a Fool	02:43
Glen Ricketts	Woman	Rise Up	05:14
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Trevor Dandy	Sing Halleluyah	Sing Hallelujah	06:03
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:29
Claudja Barry	Live a Little Bit	Sweet Dynamite	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Love of Life	Wishbone	02:36
Tony Kingston	Faith, Hope & Charity	Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity	03:17
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
Tony Kingston	Too Heavy to Carry	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	02:49
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Solio Mix)	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Glen Ricketts	There's Something On Your Mind	Commandments Of Love	04:33
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Stan Martin	Big Mouth Woman	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	02:54
Carl Harvey	The Last Time	The Times	03:37
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Crack of Dawn	Your Love	Spotlight	05:40
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	ST	03:45
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Lindsay Estiban	Never Will I	L.A. Walk	06:04
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Sledgehammer	Reggae Magic	02:29
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Crack of Dawn	Just Time For Lovin'	Horizons	03:04
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Crack of Dawn	Somebody's Watching You	ST	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Wintergreen	Reggae Magic	02:20
Carl Harvey	Ain't Gonna be Your Fool	The Times	04:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Time for Us to Unite	Broken Arrow	04:16
Mighty Pope	Rescue Me	Whatever Goes Around b/w Rescue Me	03:02
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
King Herbert And the Knights	Let's Get Together	With Jack Harden	03:18
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Drum Song (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:24
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Carl Harvey	Freedom Train	The Times	04:32
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Johnny Osbourne	Johnny Osborne - Jah Jah Live Forever	Jah Jah Live Forever (split with the Silvertones)	06:20
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
R. Jackson Zee	Hypocrite	Trodding	03:24
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
Tony Kingston	Sleepin' in the Shadow of My Dream	Tongue Tied	02:09
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57

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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