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
Ishan People	Situation Vacant	Roots	02:50
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	You're Feisty	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	04:36
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Crack of Dawn	Somebody's Watching You	ST	03:14
Sattalites	Guilty - Set Up a Plan	Miracles	07:16
Roots Earth And Water	Tribulations	Innocent Youths	07:18
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	King Kong Man b/w King Kong Man Version	03:57
Winston Hewitt	It's Too Late	Let Us Work Together // It's Too Late	03:48
Stranger Cole	Stranger at the Door	Storybook Revisited	02:41
Leroy Sibbles	Gimme	On Top	03:01
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Today	Broken Arrow	04:27
Soul Explosion Band	No Looking Back	Blue Lady b/w No Looking Back	02:42
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Outro & Cut Off (Clean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	06:01
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Cynthia Webber	The Greatest Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:49
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	04:02
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:21
Claudja Barry	Open the Door	The Girl Most Likely	03:34
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	Love is Wonderful	She'll be Back b/w Love is Wonderful	02:25
Soul Explosion Band	Too Much Confusion	Too Much Confusion // Unity	06:40
Stranger Cole	These Arms of Mine	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:49
Cougars	El Que - Merengue	Caribana '67 Volume 1	03:11
Trevor Dandy	Lay Your Burdens	Sing Hallelujah	03:47
Claudja Barry	Feliz Navidad	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:29
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Willing and Abel	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:41
Mighty Pope	If That's the Way You Want It	ST	03:49
Super 8 Corporation	Set Me Free	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:30
Lindsay Estiban	Never Will I	L.A. Walk	06:04
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Till Morning	Collector Series	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	I Done It	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:46
Jackie Mittoo	Casa Nova	The Money Makers	03:29
Crack of Dawn	Got To Be	Horizons	03:42
Bennett Jo	Let Me Tell You Boy	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:08
Messenjah	Queen of Sheba	Cool... But Deadly	03:35
Cougars	I Wish It Would Rain	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	04:34
Glen Ricketts	For Your Precious Love	Commandments Of Love	04:40
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Winston Hart	Jesus Gave Me Water	Genuine Love	04:22
Otis Gayle	With You I'm Born Again	Love is a Thing	04:51
Crasher (Gladston Murray)	Bad Moon Rising	Amazon b/w Bad Moon Rising	04:01
Stranger Cole	Abraham Isaac's	The Patriot	04:48
Tony Kingston	Now You're Gone	Tongue Tied	02:46
Lillian Allen	The Subversives	Revolutionary Tea Party	04:50
Roots Radics	Listen to Mommy and Daddy	Two Time Girl	03:17
Carl Harvey	Misty Night	Ecstacy of Mankind	05:20
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Lillian Allen	Birth Poem	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:09
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	03:45
Johnny Osbourne	Where Will I Go	Where Will I Go b/w African Wake	02:34
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Tony Kingston	Faith, Hope & Charity	Faith, Hope & Charity b/w Faith, Hope & Charity	03:17
Desmond Chambers	The East Wind	Tiger Bom	03:31
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Messenjah	Showdown	Rock You High	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Trevor Dandy	Don't Cry Little Tree	Sing Hallelujah	04:39
Jackie Mittoo	Score of Memories	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:56
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Take a Letter Maria	ST	03:14
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Woman Be Good	ST	02:59
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow Dub	Tears On My Pillow	06:18
Lindsay Estiban	Reach Out	L.A. Walk	05:42
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	The Challenge	The Challenge	03:46
Mighty Pope	Heaven on the Seventh Floor	Heaven on the Seventh Floor b/w Tower of Strength	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Johnny Osbourne	Love Comes & Goes	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:27
Glen Ricketts	You're Gonna Need Me	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Mighty Pope	If You Want a Love Affair	ST	03:34
Jackie Mittoo	The Sniper	Show Case Volume 3	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Messenjah	Angels	Cool Operator	04:17
R. Jackson Zee	In'a South Africa	Unda De Struggle	05:16
R. Jackson Zee	Please Tell Me	Trodding	03:54
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Soul Bird b/w Wishbone	02:41
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Pluggy Satchmo	We Shall Overcome	Porridge	04:33
Crack of Dawn	Certain Kind Of Woman	Horizons	02:57
Tony Kingston	I Am a Preacher	I Am a Preacher b/w What We Need (Is a Great Melting Pot)	03:54
Otis Gayle	I'll Be Around	I'll Be Around	03:36
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:56
Leroy Brown	My Woman’s Love	Nice & Slow	03:05

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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