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
Trevor Dandy	Lord I Come to Thee	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:45
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	ST	02:49
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Crack of Dawn	The Key	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:50
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Claudja Barry	Joy to the World	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:58
Glen Ricketts	The Ten Commandments of Love	Commandments Of Love	03:44
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Crack of Dawn	Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	04:16
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
R. Jackson Zee	Follow Follow	Trodding	03:16
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Skipper Logan	Disobedient Woman	Disobedient Woman // When Jah Come	06:06
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed Last Night	Don't Cry Little Tree	02:58
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Metro's No. 1 Problem	05:21
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Sattalites	Peace Talk	Miracles	05:12
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Stranger Cole	Every Nation	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:25
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Claudja Barry	Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home	The Girl Most Likely	02:54
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:19
Tony Kingston	People Started Talking	Now You're Gone	02:31
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Out of Many One People	03:19
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Winston Hewitt	I'll Get to You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:12
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Tony Kingston	I Am a Preacher	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Crack of Dawn	Wait Till After Dark	Horizons	03:52
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Eddie Spencer	Now That I've Found You	Power of Love b/w Now That I've Found You	02:28
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:32
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Times Change	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Stranger Cole	Rough & Tough	Storybook Revisited	03:01
Eddie Spencer	Power of Love	Power of Love b/w Now That I've Found You	02:34
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Claudja Barry	Whinter Wonderland	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:34
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Otis Gayle	Need You to Love Me	The Best Of	03:33
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Leroy Brown	Gypsy Girl	Face To Face	04:20
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Claudja Barry	Heavy Makes You Happy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:55
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	When Tribes Meet	Broken Arrow	01:26
Claudja Barry	White Christmas	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:13
Pluggy Satchmo	What a Wonderful World	Porridge	03:47
Leroy Sibbles	Party Time	On Top	03:36
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Winston Hewitt	Revalution Rock	Reggae Medley	03:40
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37

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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