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
Claudja Barry	Open the Door	The Girl Most Likely	03:34
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Mighty Pope	If That's the Way You Want It	ST	03:49
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Me Baby	Now	03:41
Jackie Mittoo	Grand Funk	Wishbone	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dangerous	Collector Series	03:56
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Claudja Barry	(Boogie Woogie) Dancin' Shoes	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:00
Sattalites	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Miracles	05:07
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Claudja Barry	Take it Easy	The Girl Most Likely	06:50
Ernie* Smith	To Behold Jah	To Behold Jah	04:35
Carl Harvey	Ecstasy of Mankind	Ecstacy of Mankind	04:07
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
R. Jackson Zee	Walls of Babylon	Unda De Struggle	02:17
Otis Gayle	Jah is in Control	The Best Of	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Winston Hart	Money Is Good	Money Is Good	03:50
Julie Spence	Every Night	Arrives	03:55
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Mighty Pope	If You Want a Love Affair	If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross	03:28
Winston Hewitt	I Want to Forget	Snapshot	02:37
Stranger Cole	Cherry May	Storybook Revisited	02:47
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Leroy Sibbles	Rock Steady Party	On Top	03:21
Crack of Dawn	Oh What a Feeling	ST	02:40
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	04:08
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Mighty Pope	Rescue Me	ST	02:52
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
King Herbert And the Knights	Chicken Strut	With Jack Harden	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	I Don't Know	Mean While	03:09
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Lillian Allen	I Fight Back	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:16
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Johnny Osbourne	Love Makes The World Go Round	Sun Rise b/w Love Makes The World Go Round	02:57
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Glen Ricketts	At The Dark End of the Street	Just Can't Get Over You	04:33
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Tony Kingston	Tongue Tied	Tongue Tied	03:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:18
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Crack of Dawn	Give Me Your Love	Horizons	05:07
Cougars	Old Lady Walk A Mile & A Half	Caribana '67 Volume 1	00:49
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving	Collector Series	03:53
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Cougars	Calling to the Bar	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Feel Like Making Love	Collector Series	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	A Rocking Sensation	The Keyboard King	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Pluggy Satchmo	Mona Lisa	Porridge	04:07
Jackie Mittoo	Macka Fat	Macka Fat	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Crack of Dawn	Dance Your Ass Off	Horizons	01:16
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	Spotlight	03:35
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Jah B	Roots Rockers	Live Up	04:07
Crack of Dawn	Changes	Spotlight	03:19
Samuel Mickle	Back to Africa	Freedom Vibes	03:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	What is Mine	Evidence	03:33
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Jackie Mittoo	Everywhere	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:35
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Leroy Sibbles	Life in the Ghetto	Strictly Roots	07:41
R. Jackson Zee	Wall of Babylon	Seat Up	02:13
Cougars	Limbo Like Me	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:56
Winston Hewitt	Tell the Devil	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:38
Claudja Barry	O Christmas Tree	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	02:51
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Glen Ricketts	That Wonderful Sound	Commandments Of Love	04:12
Otis Gayle	Mercy, Mercy Me	Love is a Thing	03:12
Jackie Mittoo	All My Children	The Money Makers	03:11
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Harder than the Rest	Stepping Tiger	05:06
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	08:46
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)	Woah Vicky (featuring Michie Mee, Nanna Goodie, LolaBunz, Layla Hendryx, Charmaine & TherealKeesh) (Remix)	04:56
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Stranger Cole	Help Wanted	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	05:07
Bennett Jo	Velvet Mood	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Trevor Dandy	Lord I Come to Thee	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:45
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Rock And Come On	On Top	03:34

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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