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
Crack of Dawn	How Many Times	Horizons	02:59
Stan Martin	Hop Skipping the Boogie	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M. Come	Seat Up	05:43
Otis Gayle	We All Need Love	Sexy Eyes b/w We All Need Love	03:43
Christine White Joy	No Sweeter Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:35
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Crack of Dawn	Fresh Bananas	Horizons	03:43
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	When I Think of Home	ST	02:49
Claudja Barry	Jingle Bells	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:43
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Claudja Barry	Let It Snow - Frosty The Snowman	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:22
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Ishan People	No Ganja	Roots	03:21
Soul Explosion Band	Unity	Too Much Confusion // Unity	03:27
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Leroy Gibbon	One Love	Just Like That	03:18
Jackie Mittoo	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Otis Gayle	Mama I Miss You	The Best Of	04:15
Sattalites	You Don't Know	ST	06:12
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	If Only They Knew	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:53
Roots Earth And Water	Johnny Osborne, E.R.W. - Jah Jah Live Forever (E. Osbourne, L. Blackwood)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	06:24
Jackie Mittoo	Kind Girl	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:28
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Jackie Mittoo	Wild Jockey	Wild Jockey	03:10
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
King Herbert And the Knights	Chicken Strut	With Jack Harden	03:43
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Pluggy Satchmo	Answer Me, Oh My Love	Porridge	04:33
Julie Spence	Black Girl in the Ring	Arrives	07:46
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Christine White Joy	Lovers Rest	You Have Got To Come Back	04:29
Claudja Barry	Ride On My Fire	Sweet Dynamite	04:09
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	See The Light	The Shadow	03:30
Stranger Cole	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Pluggy Satchmo	Porridge	Porridge	04:10
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:02
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Tony Kingston	Too Heavy to Carry	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	02:49
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	A Portion From Up North	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Nyah Red	The Money Makers	03:10
Leroy Sibbles	You Turn Me On	It's Not Over	03:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Winston Hewitt	Pretty Brown Eyes	Pretty Brown Eyes	03:37
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
George Banton	Bring it On Home to Me	The Soul of Toronto	03:57
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	The Shadow	The Shadow	03:47
Carl Harvey	Bishop Muzorewa	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:18
Winston Hewitt	The Same One	Full of Love	04:18
Claudja Barry	When Life Was Just a Game	The Girl Most Likely	03:35
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Trevor Dandy	Zion's Ship	Sing Hallelujah	06:16
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Jahlin Pitter (Colin Pitter)	Roots Reality	Roots Reality	05:37
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Good Intentions	The Shadow	03:35
Merlene Webber	Once You Hit the Road	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:40
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Claudja Barry	Deck The Halls - Come All Ye Faithful - Silent Night	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	05:32
Tony Kingston	I Am a Preacher	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Glen Ricketts	A Man Needs a Woman	Just Can't Get Over You	04:15
Merlene Webber	As Long as You Love Me	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:18
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Winston Hart	Honour Your Mother and Father	Genuine Love	05:11
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Free	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:34
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Get It Together	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:46
Trevor Dandy	He Will	Sing Hallelujah	04:23
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
Tony Kingston	Sleepin' in the Shadow of My Dream	Tongue Tied	02:09
Tony Kingston	What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Happy People	Macka Fat	03:11
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	We've Arrived In America	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:21
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 2	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:38
Leroy Sibbles	Be a Man	Now	04:00
Mighty Pope	Many Rivers to Cross	If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross	03:54
Mighty Pope	Sweet Blindless	Sway	07:48

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

Tracks

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Tony Kingston - Tongue Tied

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Tony Kingston - Sweet Music b/w Sweet Music

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Tony Kingston - Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen

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Tony Kingston - What d'You Say b/w What d'You Say (instrumental)

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Tony Kingston - Now You're Gone

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Tony Kingston - I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)

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Tony Kingston - Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity

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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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