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
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
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
Carl Harvey	Mercury Stars	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:57
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Uncle Nigel	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:15
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - If You Ever Change Your Mind	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	04:16
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	Alone Again, Naturally	Reggae Magic	02:54
Mighty Pope	New Orleans	Sway	05:52
Mighty Pope	If That's the Way You Want It	ST	03:49
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Lindsay Estiban	Never Will I	L.A. Walk	06:04
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Sattalites	First Impession	Miracles	04:52
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Johnny Osbourne	Rude Boys	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Let Your Love Shine On Me	Collector Series	03:48
‎Calvin Benjamin	My Baby's Gone	Dear Jah b/w My Baby's Gone	05:16
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Leroy Sibbles	Ballad of Richard Cory	Evidence	02:59
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Trevor Dandy	Judgement Morning	Sing Hallelujah	03:56
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Trevor Dandy	Holy Ghost Power	Sing Hallelujah	02:55
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No. 3	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:16
Crack of Dawn	Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Julie Spence	Groove Me	Arrives	04:58
Jackie Mittoo	Love Life	Wishbone	03:10
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Claudja Barry	The Way You are Dancing	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:27
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Jamaican Funk Canadian Stlye	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:34
Carl Harvey	Ain't Gonna be Your Fool	The Times	04:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Don't Wanna be Your Slave	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:33
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
King Herbert And the Knights	Lucille	With Jack Harden	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Say About Us? (featuring Jenna)	Say About Us?	03:57
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Cougars	I Wish It Would Rain	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	04:34
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Leroy Sibbles	Mr. Palmer (Informer)	Mean While	02:53
Claudja Barry	Boogie Tonight	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:53
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Times Change	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:16
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright	ST	02:41
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Otis Gayle	When You're Lonely	Love is a Thing	03:42
Stan Martin	You Know I Love You	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 1	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:31
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Stranger Cole	Give Me the Right	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:55
Roots Earth And Water	Innocent Youths	Innocent Youths	06:24
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Claudja Barry	Take it Easy	The Girl Most Likely	06:50
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
Glen Ricketts	Baby I'm for Real	Rise Up	05:05

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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