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
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Claudja Barry	Heavy Makes You Happy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:55
Roots Earth And Water	Zion	Innocent Youths	06:28
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say Your Sorry	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:27
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Tony Kingston	Dimples	Tongue Tied	01:59
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Trevor Dandy	I Want My Light to Shine	Sing Hallelujah	03:42
Claudja Barry	O Little Town Of Bethlehem	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:14
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Carl Harvey	Taboo	The Times	04:44
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Mighty Pope	Sweet Blindless	Sway	07:48
R. Jackson Zee	Rock Steady Music	Unda De Struggle	03:23
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool Operator	04:16
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	All NIght Stand	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:49
Leroy Gibbon	It's Over	Just Like That	03:23
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Take a Letter Maria	ST	03:14
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Winston Hewitt	I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (version)	Just You and Me	03:02
Stranger Cole	We Are Rolling On	The Patriot	03:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)	Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)	04:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
R. Jackson Zee	Touch a Button	Trodding	03:12
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Carl Harvey	Breezing	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:21
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Carl Harvey	Missing You	The Times	04:55
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Bennett Jo	What's My Colour	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	04:07
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Winston Hart	My Saviour (Rap)	Genuine Love	03:47
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Fancy Pants	Macka Fat	04:03
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Crack of Dawn	Dance Your Ass Off	Horizons	01:16
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Thank You	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:54
Leroy Brown	Shout it Out	Nice & Slow	03:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It	Made It	03:00
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Della	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:07
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright (This Feeling) (stereo)	It's Alright (This Feeling) (promo)	02:39
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Winston Hewitt	Jane I'm Not the Same	I Love You	03:27
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Crack of Dawn	Your Love	Spotlight	05:40
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Stan Martin	In Your Eyes	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	05:35
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Tony Kingston	Lonely Blues (instrumental)	Tongue Tied	02:56
Ishan People	Let The Rhythm Roll	ST	03:18
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Crack of Dawn	Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	04:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 3	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:41
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Tony Kingston	You're My Woman	Now You're Gone	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04

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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