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
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
R. Jackson Zee	Don't Worry Be Happy	Unda De Struggle	05:25
Jackie Mittoo	Russian Satelite	Stepping Tiger	04:12
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Sattalites	Want to be Loved	Miracles	04:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love Everybody	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:01
Bennett Jo	Leaving Rome	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:48
Leroy Gibbon	I Wanna be Your Lover	Just Like That	04:13
Tony Kingston	Dimples	Tongue Tied	01:59
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	I Can See Mother Nature	ST	03:37
Claudja Barry	Feliz Navidad	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:29
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	ST	02:49
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
George Banton	Burning Fire	The Soul of Toronto	02:40
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Trevor Dandy	Have You Ever Wondered?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:12
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Glen Ricketts	Just Can't Get Over You	Just Can't Get Over You	05:07
Lascelles Douglas	Na Lose This Battle	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:40
Lillian Allen	Unnatural Causes	Conditions Critical	04:53
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Sid Lovejoy	Jah Jah Knows	Jah Jah Knows	03:22
Jackie Mittoo	Super Charge	Show Case Volume 3	04:11
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:20
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain (Dub)	Time For Us To Unite	05:39
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	When The Saints Go Marching In	Porridge	04:56
Glen Ricketts	Every Stormy Night	Rise Up	04:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	To Sir With Love	Modern Day Romance	03:42
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Carl Harvey	Breaking My Heart Again	The Times	04:32
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Cougars	Right On	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	02:50
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Mighty Pope	Whatever Goes Around	Whatever Goes Around b/w Rescue Me	02:37
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Hang On	The Shadow	04:09
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Truths & Rights	Nights Are Cold	Time For Us To Unite	04:06
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Cool It	ST	02:41
Winston Hewitt	You Don't Have to Say	I Love You	02:17
Johnny Osbourne	Quashi	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Stole My Heart	Trodding	03:30
Lillian Allen	Sister Hold On	Conditions Critical	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Wishful Thinking	Reggae Magic	02:36
Tony Kingston	Proud Mary	Tongue Tied	04:24
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
R. Jackson Zee	Just Like a Lilly	Trodding	02:50
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Zion Gates (Mohjah/Lloyd Benn)	The Challenge	03:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 2	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:38
Christine White Joy	You Have Got To Come Back	You Have Got To Come Back	02:49
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Claudja Barry	O Christmas Tree	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	02:51
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
King Herbert And the Knights	Sing a Simple Song	With Jack Harden	04:48
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Summer Rain	The Shadow	05:03
Leroy Sibbles	You're My Sugar	Mean While	04:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Leroy Sibbles	Situation	Now	02:41
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Carl Harvey	I'll Be Your Friend	The Times	03:45
Crack of Dawn	The Key	ST	02:50
Mighty Pope	Sweet Blindless	Sway	07:48
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Johnny Osbourne	Reach the Top	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:36
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	I'm Not Running After You Anymore	I'm Not Running After You Anymore b/w I Will Never Turn My Back to You	02:12
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Ripped Mee Off	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:59
Leroy Sibbles	I'm Thankful	Evidence	03:55
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: The Album	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:46
Tony Kingston	Sweet Music	Sweet Music b/w Sweet Music	03:00
Lindsay Estiban	Fancy Ladies	L.A. Walk	03:31
Cynthia Webber	One Man Woman	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	04:20
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Claudja Barry	When Life Was Just a Game	The Girl Most Likely	03:35
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Lascelles Douglas	Created for a Reason	Created for a Reason b/w Na Lose This Battle	03:54
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part One)	I'm Alright	03:57
Claudja Barry	Love for the Sake of Love	Sweet Dynamite	05:17
Sattalites	She Loves You (Version)	ST	03:53
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Messenjah	Keep On Pushing	Cool... But Deadly	03:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Give Love Another Try	Dream Of Life	04:25
Messenjah	Give Praises	Rock You High	03:29
Crack of Dawn	Somebody’s Watching You	Spotlight	04:34
Jackie Mittoo	Forever Loving You	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:54
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Roots Earth And Water	Liberation	Innocent Youths	03:48
Glen Ricketts	At The Dark End of the Street	Just Can't Get Over You	04:33
Roots Radics	Two Time Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:38
Messenjah	Emanuelle Road	Cool Operator	04:16
Samuel Mickle	Freedom Vibes	Freedom Vibes	07:27

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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