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
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Chalawa	Capture Land	Capture Land	05:32
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:04
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Bob Williams	I Believe in Music (Mac Davis)	Mighty Creator b/w I Believe in Music	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Tony Kingston	Faith, Hope & Charity	Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity	03:17
King Herbert And the Knights	Let It Be	With Jack Harden	03:57
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:34
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
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Stranger Cole	My Tears	Storybook Revisited	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
King Herbert And the Knights	Sing a Simple Song	With Jack Harden	04:48
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Lillian Allen	His Day Came	Conditions Critical	05:33
Jackie Mittoo	Steady Rock	Reggae Magic	02:19
Mighty Pope	New Orleans	Sway	05:52
Claudja Barry	Joy to the World	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:58
Carl Harvey	The Last Time	The Times	03:37
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Mike Anthony	Land of Love	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:23
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Times Change	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:16
Crack of Dawn	Dance Your Ass Off	Horizons	01:16
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Claudja Barry	Give it Up	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:40
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Leroy Brown	Disaster	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:16
Crack of Dawn	Wait Till After Dark	Horizons	03:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Winston Hart	My Savior	Genuine Love	03:43
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
R. Jackson Zee	Ras Prince Tafari I	Unda De Struggle	04:20
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
King Herbert And the Knights	I Believe	With Jack Harden	02:45
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Crack of Dawn	Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	04:16
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	I Can See Mother Nature	ST	03:37
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Winston Hewitt	Can't You Hear Me	Snapshot	02:46
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Jackie Mittoo	Channel One Crash	Hot Blood	03:18
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	You'll Never Find	The Keyboard King	03:45
Mighty Pope	Because the Night	Sway	05:31
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:53
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	I'm Not Running After You Anymore	I'm Not Running After You Anymore b/w I Will Never Turn My Back to You	02:12
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Claudja Barry	Every Beat of My Heart	The Girl Most Likely	02:34
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Soul Explosion Band	You	Too Much Confusion	03:29
Stranger Cole	Mouth A-Massey	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:40
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Leroy Brown	Poor Man's Story	Face To Face	03:26
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Inflation	The Challenge	02:06
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	She'll be Back	She'll be Back b/w Love is Wonderful	02:22

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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