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
Roots Radics	Come Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:37
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Della Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:32
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Sattalites	The Enemy	ST	04:09
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Ernie* Smith	Time	To Behold Jah	04:28
Claudja Barry	This Taste of Love	Sweet Dynamite	04:29
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Chalawa	These Arms of Mine	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:42
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Snapshot	03:09
Crack of Dawn	Ol’ Skool	Spotlight	04:09
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Roots Earth And Water	Bumpy Jones, Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (Johnny Osborne)	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:19
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Cynthia Webber	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
King Herbert And the Knights	I Believe	With Jack Harden	02:45
Jackie Mittoo	A Standing Ovation	The Keyboard King	02:42
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Tongue Tied	02:46
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Give Up	It's Not Over	03:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Say About Us? (featuring Jenna)	Say About Us?	03:57
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take Me I'm Yours	Collector Series	03:53
Claudja Barry	Take it Easy	The Girl Most Likely	06:50
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Quarter Past Four	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:07
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Chalawa	Jah Collie Weed	Capture Land	04:22
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Roots Radics	False Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Stranger Cole	Ungrateful	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:23
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Dub	Solid Love Affair	04:59
Crack of Dawn	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	ST	02:52
Messenjah	Arrested	Rock You High	03:32
Cougars	Bongo Night	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:36
Jackie Mittoo	Out of Exile	Wild Jockey	03:37
Stan Martin	You Know I Love You	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold it Down	Collector Series	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	Hard to Give	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:40
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
One Love	Stand Up	ST	06:47
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Sattalites	Gimme a Little Sign	Miracles	05:15
Leroy Sibbles	That's How It Is	It's Not Over	03:40
Stranger Cole	Rudies All Around	Storybook Revisited	02:42
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy Satchmo - Medley (Mama Mi Belly A Hurt Mi, Glamour Gal, Don't Fence Me In)	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	05:05
Crack of Dawn	Season’s Change	Spotlight	04:48
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Thank You	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Let's Put it all Together	Let's Put It all Together	02:52
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Claudja Barry	Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home	The Girl Most Likely	02:54
Stranger Cole	Capture Land	Capture Land	04:44
Messenjah	Crazy	Cool Operator	03:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	I Need Your Love	Mean While	03:43
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Noel Ellis	Dance With Me	ST	06:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Claudja Barry	Do it Again (Parts I and II)	Sweet Dynamite	08:31
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Ernie* Smith	Don't Down Me Now	To Behold Jah	03:52
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Now You're Gone	03:17
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Chalawa	Blow Him Out the Funnel	Deepest and Darkest	05:06
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Glen Ricketts	Tears	Just Can't Get Over You	04:30
Winston Hart	King Jesus	Genuine Love	04:14
Leroy Brown	Around the Clock	Face To Face	03:40
Winston Hewitt	You're the One I Love	Pretty Brown Eyes	06:49
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Forgotten Dream	The Shadow	06:13
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Soul Explosion Band	Change	Too Much Confusion	03:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Pledging My Love	Porridge	04:58

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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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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