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
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Crack of Dawn	Dance Your Ass Off	Horizons	01:16
Mighty Pope	Telephone Lovers	ST	02:53
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Reggae Medley	Reggae Medley	08:35
Glen Ricketts	Always On My Mind	Rise Up	04:37
Claudja Barry	Dancin' Fever	The Girl Most Likely	06:02
Jackie Mittoo	Wives and Lovers	Wild Jockey	03:53
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Glen Ricketts	Pledging My Love	Commandments Of Love	03:43
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight it (Part Two)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Wishbone	Wishbone	02:59
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It - Remix	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:53
Cougars	Shango Man	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:41
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Stan Martin	Love at First Site	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Johnny Osbourne	African Wake	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:42
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Said Chuck	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Zion Gates (Dub)	Jovert (Breakway) // Zion Gates	08:52
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Lindsay Estiban	Reach Out	L.A. Walk	05:42
Claudja Barry	The Twelwe Days Of Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:44
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No.1	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:26
Stranger Cole	No More Fussing And Fighting	The Patriot	03:51
Eddie Spencer	If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:48
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
King Herbert And the Knights	Amen	With Jack Harden	03:22
Stranger Cole	I'm Living	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:54
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Crack of Dawn	Keep The Faith (stereo)	Keep The Faith (promo)	02:44
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Going In Circles	ST	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	We're Running Out	Let's Put It all Together	02:39
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Mighty Pope	Can't Get By Without You	ST	02:43
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
Tony Kingston	Lonely Blues (instrumental)	Tongue Tied	02:56
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Love of life b/w Love Life	03:10
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Don't Walk On By	Broken Arrow	04:01
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Messenjah	Tough Gun	Rock You High	03:08
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Leroy Sibbles	Let Music	Evidence	04:57
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright (This Feeling) (stereo)	It's Alright (This Feeling) (promo)	02:39
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Pretty Place	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:15
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Georgia Eyes	Georgia Eyes b/w Dream of Life	03:29
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Bahdgyal Bubble - Radio Edit	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:45
Claudja Barry	Live a Little Bit	Sweet Dynamite	03:55
Crack of Dawn	The Key	ST	02:50
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Noel Ellis	Marcus Garvey	ST	06:24
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Sattalites	Isn't That So	ST	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Soul Bird b/w Wishbone	02:41
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Winston Hart	Jesus Knows Our Struggles	Genuine Love	05:00
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Soul Explosion Band	Baby	Too Much Confusion	03:59
Tony Kingston	One Night With You	Tongue Tied	02:38
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	By The Time I Get to Phoenix	ST	03:16
Claudja Barry	White Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20

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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