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
Trevor Dandy	Have You Ever Wondered?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:12
Messenjah	Memories	Rock You High	03:19
Carl Harvey	Just Having Fun (instrumental)	Just Having Fun	05:51
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Trevor Dandy	Long Journey	Sing Hallelujah	04:28
Merlene Webber	He Will Have to Stay	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:50
Stranger Cole	Uno Dos Tres	Storybook Revisited	02:42
George Banton	You Can Lean On Me	I'm Still In Love With You	03:35
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright (This Feeling) (stereo)	It's Alright (This Feeling) (promo)	02:39
Winston Hewitt	Keep Movin' (Formerly-Dynagroove)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:48
Barry Heptone and Stranger Cole	Let Me Love You	More Kissing b/w Let Me Love You	03:30
Tony Kingston	Too Heavy to Carry	Too Heavy to Carry b/w The Worst That Could Happen	02:49
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 2	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:38
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love In This World	Sing Hallelujah	04:46
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Johnny Osbourne	To Kiss Somebody	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:39
Leroy Gibbon	Just Like That	Just Like That	04:28
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Jackie Mittoo	Dibby Girl	Wild Jockey	03:16
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:28
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs (Version)	Hard Drugs	03:54
Jackie Mittoo	Feel Like Makin' Love	Let's Put It all Together	02:44
Carl Harvey	I'll Be Your Friend	The Times	03:45
Otis Gayle	Put Jah First	Love is a Thing	04:21
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Prelude No. 2	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	00:27
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Lindsay Estiban	A Star in the Ghetto	L.A. Walk	10:37
Jackie Mittoo	Groovy Spirit	Wishbone	02:31
Crack of Dawn	Changes	Spotlight	03:19
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
Claudja Barry	(Boogie Woogie) Dancin' Shoes	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:00
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Downtown	The Shadow	03:42
Soul Explosion Band	Hold Me Tonight	Too Much Confusion	04:16
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Leroy Brown	Whiney Whiney	Nice & Slow	03:52
Tony Kingston	The Letter	Tongue Tied	02:32
Stranger Cole	Stranger Knocking	The Patriot	03:49
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsy	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:53
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
Christine White Joy	Love Me Boy	You Have Got To Come Back	02:57
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Claudja Barry	O Christmas Tree	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	02:51
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
Jackie Mittoo	Dad Is Home	Macka Fat	03:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:58
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Leroy Brown	Money Barrier	Face To Face	05:44
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You Dub	I Won't Fool You	07:59
Claudja Barry	This Taste of Love	Sweet Dynamite	04:29
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Cool It	ST	02:41
Claudja Barry	O Little Town Of Bethlehem	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:14
King Herbert And the Knights	Sissy Strut	With Jack Harden	03:44
R. Jackson Zee	Blood Put of Stone	Trodding	02:36
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	We've Arrived In America	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:21
Leroy Brown	Time of Decision	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:49
Ernie* Smith	Everything Crash	Skareggae	03:08
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Open Up Your Eyes	The Challenge	04:09
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Leroy Gibbon	It's a New Day	Just Like That	03:45
Julie Spence	Dream of Me	Arrives	03:39
Soul Explosion Band	Blue Lady	Out of Many One People	04:08
Leroy Sibbles	Evidence (Dread, Dread)	Evidence	05:27
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Tony Kingston	Sweet Music	Sweet Music b/w Sweet Music	03:00
Jackie Mittoo	Satisfaction	Wishbone	02:20
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Leroy Sibbles	Let's Get it On	Evidence	04:54
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Lady Luck (The Darkside)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:03
Mighty Pope	Heaven On The Seventh Floor	ST	02:44
Mighty Pope	If That's the Way You Want It	ST	03:49
Crack of Dawn	How Many Times	Horizons	02:59
Tony Kingston	I Am a Preacher	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
Winston Hewitt	We'll Be Lovers	We'll Be Lovers b/w I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (with Julie Spence)	03:28
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	03:49
King Herbert And the Knights	Amen	With Jack Harden	03:22
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rosana	Rosana	12:48
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Stranger Cole	My Application	The Patriot	04:00
Cougars	Right On	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	02:50
Roots Earth And Water	Silvertones - Let Us Give Praise (Silvertones)	Jah Jah Live Forever // Let Us Give Praise (with Johnny Osborne & Silvertones)	07:40
Pauline Jones and The Gems	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	It's Too Late (To Love Me Now)	06:44

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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