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
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	ST	02:49
Mighty Pope	In-a-gadda-da-vida	Sway	07:29
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Carl Harvey	Break Outs	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:10
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:18
King Herbert And the Knights	Let It Be	With Jack Harden	03:57
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Stranger Cole	Captured Land	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:41
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed	Sing Hallelujah	02:50
Jackie Mittoo	Whoa Whoa	Macka Fat	03:34
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Claudja Barry	This Taste of Love	Sweet Dynamite	04:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Thank You	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:54
Bennett Jo	Mother's Love	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:59
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Carl Harvey	In Your Eyes	The Times	05:12
Roots Earth And Water	Lou Sent Me	Innocent Youths	03:11
Crack of Dawn	Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	04:16
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
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
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	She'll be Back	She'll be Back b/w Love is Wonderful	02:22
Crack of Dawn	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	ST	02:52
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Out of Many One People	02:42
Jackie Mittoo	Stepping Tiger	Stepping Tiger	03:27
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Lillian Allen	Nellie Belly Swelly	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:17
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Claudja Barry	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:48
Crack of Dawn	Somebody’s Watching You	Spotlight	04:34
Carl Harvey	Guitar Inferno	Ecstacy of Mankind	02:53
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Mighty Pope	Because the Night	Sway	05:31
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Leroy Brown	Color Barrier	Color Barrier	03:56
Crack of Dawn	Board Walking	ST	03:05
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Jackie Mittoo	Something Else	Macka Fat	02:23
Claudja Barry	Do it Again (Parts I and II)	Sweet Dynamite	08:31
Crack of Dawn	Stand Tall	ST	02:46
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 1)	Conditions Critical	01:17
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
One Love	I've Got to Groove	ST	04:24
Mike Anthony	Safari Jamaica	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:58
Glen Ricketts	If Loving You Is Wrong	Just Can't Get Over You	04:37
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion	06:16
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Crack of Dawn	Dance Your Ass Off	Horizons	01:16
Skipper Logan	Paralyze Them	Paralyze Them	03:21
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Gerima	The Shadow	04:44
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Claudja Barry	Ride On My Fire	Sweet Dynamite	04:09
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Chalawa	Blessed is the Man	Deepest and Darkest	05:35
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Bob Williams	I Love You (In A Very Special Way)	I Love You (In A Very Special Way) b/w Life Must Go On	03:45
Super 8 Corporation	Black Version	Black Society (Bongo Ossie and The Moonlights)	03:00
Roots Radics	Today Dub	Roots Dub Style	04:54
Stan Martin	Beautiful Girl	Big Mouth Woman b/w Beautiful Girl	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Do That	It's Not Over	03:39
Lillian Allen	Rub a Dub Style Inna Regent Park	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:59
Mighty Pope	Love on a Disco Floor	ST	03:01
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Carl Harvey	Peace Truce	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:02
Roots Radics	Lood Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:50
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33

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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