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
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Glen Ricketts	Turning in My Love	Rise Up	05:06
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Jackie Mittoo	Ghetto Organ	Macka Fat	04:02
Winston Hewitt	I'm So Glad I Found You (version)	Just You and Me	02:22
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand (version)	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:21
Messenjah	True Love	Cool... But Deadly	03:02
Soul Explosion Band	Poor Man's Throne	Out of Many One People	03:43
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Leroy Brown	Rulers of Babylon	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:14
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:15
Claudja Barry	Joy to the World	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:58
Claudja Barry	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:48
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Salty Tears	Dream Of Life	03:22
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Stranger Cole	Bread in the Oven	The Patriot	03:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Adam	Porridge	05:24
Roots Radics	False Rasta	Two Time Girl	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Anthony Hibbert & Black Gold - Satan Dub	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:37
Desmond Chambers	The Other Woman	Tiger Bom	03:49
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	You Are My Lady	You Are My Lady	04:51
Ernie* Smith	Freedom Street	Skareggae	02:47
Mighty Pope	Many Rivers to Cross	If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross	03:54
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Winston Hewitt	Get on the Scene	Snapshot	03:21
Tony Kingston	Lookin' Down the Aisle	Tongue Tied	04:37
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Oh Baby	Modern Day Romance	04:27
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Lillian Allen	Riddim an' Hardtimes	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:55
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Leroy Brown	Show Me	Genuine Love	04:01
R. Jackson Zee	Champion Bubbler	Unda De Struggle	03:56
Ishan People	Come to the Music	ST	04:13
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Claudja Barry	Dancin' Fever	The Girl Most Likely	06:02
Claudja Barry	Love for the Sake of Love	Sweet Dynamite	05:17
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	I Will Never Turn My Back to You	I'm Not Running After You Anymore b/w I Will Never Turn My Back to You	02:29
Jah B	Please Sir	Live Up	05:00
Messenjah	Summer in the Winter	Cool... But Deadly	03:50
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Sid Lovejoy	Fussin And Fighting	Jah Jah Knows	03:04
Crack of Dawn	I Can't Move No Mountains	ST	02:32
Tony Kingston	Tongue Tied	Tongue Tied	03:16
Winston Hart	Read Your Bible	Genuine Love	05:59
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Glen Ricketts	Looking Back	Just Can't Get Over You	04:34
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Sweet and Free	The Challenge	04:27
Jackie Mittoo	Merry Go Round	Hot Blood	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Mighty Pope	In-a-gadda-da-vida	Sway	07:29
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Leroy Brown	I Fell in Love Again Last Night	Nice & Slow	04:03
Wayne McGhie	Let's Fall in Love	Let's Fall in Love // Thank You Lord for the Music	04:38
Cynthia Webber	Searching	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:03
Winston Hart	Married and Lonely	Genuine Love	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Reggae Magic!	Reggae Magic	02:28
Jackie Mittoo	Good Feeling	Macka Fat	02:16
Glen Ricketts	At The Dark End of the Street	Just Can't Get Over You	04:33
Glen Ricketts	Everyone Falls in Love	Rise Up	04:28
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares (instrumental)	Who Really Cares	02:31
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Claudja Barry	Whinter Wonderland	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:34
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Mike Anthony	Streets of Babylon	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:35
Claudja Barry	Feliz Navidad	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:29
Winston Hewitt	I Love You More Than I Can Say	Full of Love	04:04
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Season	Collector Series	04:01
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Otis Gayle	The Good Old Days	The Best Of	03:30
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Cougars	I Wish It Would Rain	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	04:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Million Dollar Baby (Nana McLean)	Modern Day Romance	03:23
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Leroy Brown	Happiness	Nice & Slow	04:28
Winston Hewitt	I'm Not the One to Cry Over You	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:07
Soul Explosion Band	What A Wonderful Thing Love Is	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Leroy Sibbles	I Love You	Evidence	04:41
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Leroy Brown	One Little Kiss	Genuine Love	03:47
Lillian Allen	Conditions Critical	Conditions Critical	05:03

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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