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
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Color Barrier	03:07
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Leroy Sibbles	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	02:48
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Insecura Luva	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:45
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Otis Gayle	How Can You Mend a Broken Heart	Love is a Thing	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	You Give Good Love	Modern Day Romance	03:48
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
George Banton	Don't Let Your Love Fade Away	I'm Still In Love With You	04:01
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Kotch	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:50
Crack of Dawn	Crack of Dawn	Spotlight	04:16
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Crack of Dawn	The Key	ST	02:50
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nana's Medley	Collector Series	03:59
Carl Harvey	Ain't Gonna be Your Fool	The Times	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Super 8 Corporation	Rasta Version	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:42
Otis Gayle	Oh My God	The Best Of	03:51
Messenjah	Dudley Do-Right	Rock You High	03:30
Tony Kingston	The Worst That Could Happen	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	03:26
Carl Harvey	I'll Be Your Friend	The Times	03:45
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Amazon	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Claudja Barry	Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home	The Girl Most Likely	02:54
Roots Earth And Water	Love the Same Old Way	Innocent Youths	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:19
Claudja Barry	Sexy Talkin' Lover	The Girl Most Likely	04:04
Ishan People	Lies	Roots	04:07
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Jackie Mittoo	Guiding Light	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	04:19
Jackie Mittoo	Ebb Tide	Let's Put It all Together	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Highways (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:28
Trevor Dandy	Zion's Ship	Sing Hallelujah	06:16
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Get Behind Me Satan	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
R. Jackson Zee	Living in the Street	Unda De Struggle	03:53
Trevor Dandy	Judgement Morning	Sing Hallelujah	03:56
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Lindsay Estiban	L.A. Walk	L.A. Walk	05:55
Messenjah	Angels	Cool... But Deadly	04:25
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Johnny Osbourne	Crafty Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:27
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Lindsay Estiban	Never Will I	L.A. Walk	06:04
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Crack of Dawn	Fresh Bananas	Horizons	03:43
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Winston Hart	Jesus Holy Name	Genuine Love	03:58
Mighty Pope	Tower of Strength	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	03:01
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Bert Jackson	Bert Jackson - Knockn' On Heaven's Door	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:12
Sattalites	She Loves You	ST	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Growing Up	Rise Up	04:17
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Leroy Sibbles	No More a Dat	Mean While	03:31
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Be Mine Again	Modern Day Romance	03:36
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Christine White Joy	Harry Hippy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:20
Roots Radics	Two Time Girl	Two Time Girl	03:11
Stranger Cole	Love Your Neighbour	Storybook Revisited	02:51
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Crack of Dawn	Oh What a Feeling	ST	02:40
R. Jackson Zee	Trodding	Trodding	03:58
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Leroy Brown	Hard to Live Without Collie	Face To Face	03:24
Stan Martin	Let Me Wait	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:35
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Tony Kingston	Proud Mary	Tongue Tied	04:24
Leroy Sibbles	Blood in the Streets	Now	04:33
Lindsay Estiban	Fancy Ladies	L.A. Walk	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Time For Us To Unite	04:36
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

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Jackie Mittoo - Show Case Volume 3

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Lascelles Douglas - Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle

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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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