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
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Going In Circles	ST	03:48
Claudja Barry	Every Beat of My Heart	The Girl Most Likely	02:34
Chalawa	Moutamassie	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:41
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Chalawa	Rich Inna Jah Jah Love	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:15
Cougars	Right On	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	02:50
Trevor Dandy	Every Time	Sing Hallelujah	04:21
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	Our Love is Fallin'	I Love You	02:46
George Banton	Let Me Sing You a Love Song	The Soul of Toronto	04:14
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It (Part 2)	I Love You	02:50
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Dirty Funk	ST	03:45
George Banton	I Don't Want To Be Alone	I'm Still In Love With You	05:53
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully	Tiger Bom	04:13
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Fantasy World	The Challenge	03:03
Mike Anthony	Can Never Make it Alone	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:01
Messenjah	MC Menu	Cool... But Deadly	04:15
Lillian Allen	Dis Ya Mumma Earth (Peace Poem)	Conditions Critical	07:40
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
Carl Harvey	In Your Eyes	The Times	05:12
Stranger Cole	Red Green & Gold	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	02:50
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Messenjah	Rock You High	Rock You High	04:56
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
George Banton	Uptight Good Woman (reprise)	The Soul of Toronto	03:07
Crack of Dawn	Dance Your Ass Off	Horizons	01:16
Otis Gayle	Ain't No Stopping Us Now	Love is a Thing	04:04
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Solid Love Affair (Love Mix)	Solid Love Affair	03:28
Stan Martin	Love at First Site	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Sid Lovejoy	King Kong Man	Jah Jah Knows	03:55
Carl Harvey	Third Stone from the Sun	The Times	05:24
Lindsay Estiban	L.A. Walk	L.A. Walk	05:55
Crack of Dawn	Mind Wrecker	The Key b/w Mind Wrecker	02:32
Ishan People	Rainbow	ST	03:14
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Glen Ricketts	A Man Needs a Woman	Just Can't Get Over You	04:15
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me (version)	Just You and Me	02:37
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
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
Leroy Sibbles	It's Not Over	It's Not Over	03:36
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Sattalites	Life of My Own	Miracles	05:18
Truths & Rights	Get Up	Time For Us To Unite	03:51
Bennett Jo	Calling You	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:23
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
One Love	Roller Coaster	ST	06:26
Mighty Pope	New Orleans	Sway	05:52
Jackie Mittoo	Brain Mark	Hot Blood	03:25
Crack of Dawn	Just Time For Lovin'	Horizons	03:04
George Banton	I'm Gonna Trust You With My Heart	I'm Still In Love With You	05:09
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Mighty Pope	Because the Night	Sway	05:31
Tony Kingston	Tongue Tied	Tongue Tied	03:16
Stan Martin	This World	This World b/w Friends	03:23
Winston Hewitt	I Need a Lot of Loving	Just You and Me	02:18
Chalawa	If You Drop That Cross	Capture Land	03:05
Ernie* Smith	Oh But If I	Skareggae	03:25
Winston Hewitt	Keep Moving	I Love You	03:31
Jackie Mittoo	Jumping Jack	Show Case Volume 3	03:34
Messenjah	China Town	Cool... But Deadly	03:44
Stan Martin	Friends	This World b/w Friends	03:03
Claudja Barry	Give it Up	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:40
Desmond Chambers	We Are Stepping Out Tonight	Tiger Bom	03:55
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Ernie* Smith	Who I Am	To Behold Jah	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Don't Worry (You Safe)	Mean While	03:09
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Dub	The Money Makers	03:01
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love Everybody	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:01
Lillian Allen	Revolutionary Tea Party	Revolutionary Tea Party	05:36
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Desmond Chambers	Words of Inspiration	Tiger Bom	04:17
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Paradise	Collector Series	03:49
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Call Me	Dream Of Life	04:50
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Roots Earth And Water	Right, Right Time Version	Right, Right Time b/w Right, Right Time Version	03:34
Crack of Dawn	Got To Be	Horizons	03:42
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:48
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	I Wanna Take You Home	You Are My Lady	05:03
Merlene Webber	One Life to Live	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:17
Ernie* Smith	Show Me a Sign	To Behold Jah	05:11
Glen Ricketts	I'm Sorry About That	Just Can't Get Over You	04:04
Jo-Jo And The Fugitives	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split (Wayne McGhie)	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split b/w Fugitive Song	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Lonely Street	Reggae Medley	02:18
Leroy Gibbon	Book of Rules	Just Like That	03:45
Stranger Cole	Eyes of a Lion	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:40
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Hold Tight	Collector Series	04:00
One Love	Cry of Joy	ST	05:36
Christine White Joy	Pure Love	You Have Got To Come Back	03:13
Jackie Mittoo	Disco Jack	Hot Blood	03:11
Ishan People	Talkin' Blues	Roots	04:40
Chalawa	Trusting Soul	Deepest and Darkest	03:54
Winston Hewitt	Jane (I'm Not the Same)	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:27
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	By The Time I Get to Phoenix	ST	03:16
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Stand Right Beside Him	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:59

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

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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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Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock) - You Are My Lady

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