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
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Carl Harvey	The Times	The Times	04:24
King Herbert And the Knights	Ode to Billy Joe	With Jack Harden	04:15
Wayne McGhie	Thank You Lord for the Music	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	03:36
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Ernie* Smith	Wash Wash (That Lucky Old Sun)	Skareggae	04:04
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03
Leroy Brown	Trust Me	Nice & Slow	03:51
Ernie* Smith	Freedom	To Behold Jah	04:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Tony Kingston	Dimples	Tongue Tied	01:59
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Tony Kingston	Sleepin' in the Shadow of My Dream	Tongue Tied	02:09
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Members Only	Rock Me Baby	03:53
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No. 2	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:27
Trevor Dandy	Overture and Judgement Morning	Don't Cry Little Tree	09:32
Crack of Dawn	Somebody’s Watching You	Spotlight	04:34
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	A Portion From Up North	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:42
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	By The Time I Get to Phoenix	ST	03:16
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	More Kissing	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Totally Together	Stepping Tiger	04:04
Sattalites	Sunday Morning	ST	03:34
Claudja Barry	Cold Fire	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:27
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Face To Face	07:03
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Sattalites	Wild (Like a Version)	ST	03:57
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Going In Circles	ST	03:48
Truths & Rights	U	Time For Us To Unite	03:56
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Soul Explosion Band	Captivity	Out of Many One People	03:17
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright	ST	02:41
Jackie Mittoo	Energizer	Wild Jockey	03:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Stand Right Beside Him	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:59
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Truths & Rights	Nuclear	Time For Us To Unite	04:35
Claudja Barry	Live a Little Bit	Sweet Dynamite	03:55
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Say About Us? (Kanio Remix)	Say About Us?	03:17
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Winston Hewitt	Our Love Is Fallin'	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Carl Harvey	Third Stone from the Sun	The Times	05:24
Stan Martin	Big Mouth Woman	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	02:54
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Cougars	Right On	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	02:50
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (vocal)	The Soul of Toronto	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Claudja Barry	O Tannenbaum	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:52
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality (Version)	Roots Reality	05:51
Leroy Brown	Blessings	Genuine Love	03:12
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Glen Ricketts	I'm In The Mood For Love	Commandments Of Love	04:28
Trevor Dandy	Every Time	Sing Hallelujah	04:21
R. Jackson Zee	Folly Tricks	Unda De Struggle	03:34
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Messenjah	Could it be I'm Falling in Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:43
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Jah B	Roots (Dub)	Live Up	04:05
Glen Ricketts	At The Dark End of the Street	Just Can't Get Over You	04:33
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Trevor Dandy	Mountains We Must Climb	Sing Hallelujah	04:13
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Stranger Cole	Stranger Cole & The Collinder Sisters - Bread in the Oven	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:54
Claudja Barry	When Life Was Just a Game	The Girl Most Likely	03:35
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Winston Hewitt	Love is the Answer	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:43
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Bennett Jo	Groovy Jo Jo	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:28
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41

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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