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
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	03:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Stan Martin	In Your Eyes	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	05:35
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Claudja Barry	Dance, Dance, Dance	Sweet Dynamite	05:38
Winston Hewitt	High School Dance	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:04
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Crack of Dawn	How Many Times	Horizons	02:59
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Carl Harvey	Ebony Lady (Vocal Version)	Ebony Lady	06:00
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Up-Tight	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	02:36
Leroy Brown	Give Me Love	Face To Face	03:56
Claudja Barry	Heavy Makes You Happy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:55
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Seat Up	04:38
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Awakening	The Need To Leave Her (with Otis)	03:02
Crack of Dawn	I Can't Move No Mountains	ST	02:32
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Every Time You Go Away	You Are My Lady	06:19
Chalawa	Jah Jah Revolution	Capture Land	04:46
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
George Banton	I'm The One (Who Loves You)	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Fine, Fine Day	Dream Of Life	03:59
Stan Martin	You Know I Love You	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Eddie Spencer	Power of Love	Power of Love b/w Now That I've Found You	02:34
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Time For Us To Unite	04:05
Carl Harvey	Third Stone from the Sun	The Times	05:24
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
Winston Hart	Luke 6:38	Genuine Love	04:58
Trevor Dandy	I Want My Light to Shine	Sing Hallelujah	03:42
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part One)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:52
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Winston Hart	Slaves Made Them Rich	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	05:40
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Laughter in the Rain	Let's Put It all Together	02:59
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Carl Harvey	Why You Wanna be like That!!	The Times	04:34
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Bob Williams	I Believe in Music (Mac Davis)	Mighty Creator b/w I Believe in Music	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Merlene Webber	Stand by Your Man	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Tongue Tied	02:46
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Glen Ricketts	If I Was a Millionaire	Commandments Of Love	04:01
Tony Kingston	Proud Mary	Tongue Tied	04:24
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Stan Martin	Dr. Cool	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:56
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Winston Hart	Jesus Train	Genuine Love	04:55
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Leroy Sibbles	Baby I Need Your Loving	Now	05:02
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Claudja Barry	The Twelwe Days Of Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:44
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Jackie Mittoo	Bananas	Reggae Magic	02:35
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Unda De Struggle	03:13
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Tony Kingston	Faith, Hope & Charity	Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity	03:17
Truths & Rights	Crying in the Wilderness	Time For Us To Unite	04:38
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Crack of Dawn	Wait Till After Dark	Horizons	03:52

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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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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Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

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Trevor Dandy - Don't Cry Little Tree

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