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
Stranger Cole	More Life	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:58
Ishan People	Tough Tight and Dread	Roots	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Purple Heart	Macka Fat	02:41
Stranger Cole	Got You On My Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	04:01
Julie Spence	Sad Movies	Arrives	06:05
Winston Hewitt	No Other Girl	I Love You	02:45
Ishan People	Hold On	ST	03:45
Leroy Brown	Are You in Love	Nice & Slow	03:45
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Lillian Allen	Freedom is Azania (South Africa Must Be Free)	Conditions Critical	06:04
Christine White Joy	Lose A Good Thing	You Have Got To Come Back	03:00
R. Jackson Zee	Other Side of the Rainbow	Trodding	03:37
Desmond Chambers	Sweet Music	Tiger Bom	04:30
Jackie Mittoo	Henry the Great	Macka Fat	03:19
Leroy Sibbles	Leroy's Gonna Fight	On Top	02:20
Leroy Brown	Gypsy	Nice & Slow	04:09
Jackie Mittoo	Frangipani (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:21
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Jackie Mittoo	I'll Try	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Man On the Hill	Hot Blood	02:17
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It	Made It	03:00
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
R. Jackson Zee	Be With a Dread	Trodding	03:34
Stranger Cole	Conqueror	Storybook Revisited	03:21
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Claudja Barry	Johnny, Johnny Please Come Home	The Girl Most Likely	02:54
Messenjah	Rock On Jah	Rock You High	02:34
Winston Hewitt	Since I Met You Baby	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:04
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Camboulay (You An' Me)	Rosana	04:21
One Love	Jah Jah Love Must Grow	ST	06:10
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Leroy Sibbles	Jah Soon Come	Strictly Roots	04:40
Jo-Jo And The Fugitives	Fugitive Song (B. Stone, J. Bennett)	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split b/w Fugitive Song	02:47
Winston Hewitt	In My Flying Machine	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:46
Stranger Cole	What Was In Your Mind	"Forward" in the Land of Sunshine	04:24
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Leroy Brown	Face to Face	Face To Face	06:07
Otis Gayle	Love is a Thing	Love is a Thing	03:58
Desmond Chambers	The Morning Show	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	03:44
Leroy Sibbles	Ain't No Love	Now	04:04
Glen Ricketts	Rock Me Baby	Rock Me Baby	03:43
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Claudja Barry	The Way You are Dancing	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:27
Leroy Brown	Stand up strong	Color Barrier	03:39
Truths & Rights	Acid Rain	Acid Rain b/w Live-Up	09:41
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude, Pt. 3	Bahdgyal's Revenge	00:41
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Ishan People	Sweet Chariot	ST	04:33
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Nobody Love Me Like You Do	Modern Day Romance	03:47
Claudja Barry	Every Beat of My Heart	The Girl Most Likely	02:34
Jackie Mittoo	Good Times	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:14
Jackie Mittoo	Special Mission	Stepping Tiger	04:05
Pluggy Satchmo	Norma King - Let Me Tell You a Secret	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:10
Super 8 Corporation	Free Version	Set Me Free (Dill Smith)	03:34
Trevor Dandy	Sometimes	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:33
Jerry Brown	Hold It Right There	Hold It Right There // Rock My Soul	08:28
Crack of Dawn	It’s Alright	Spotlight	03:25
R. Jackson Zee	Sensimellia	Unda De Struggle	02:52
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Are You Lonely for Me Baby	You Are My Lady	03:48
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Leroy Brown	Metro Pigs	Color Barrier	03:09
Eddie Spencer	You're So Good to Me Baby	You're So Good to Me Baby b/w If This is Love (I'd Rather be Lonely)	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Creative Rock	The Keyboard King	02:46
Chalawa	Eyes of a Lion	Capture Land	03:48
Trevor Dandy	Every Time	Sing Hallelujah	04:21
King Herbert And the Knights	I Believe	With Jack Harden	02:45
Sattalites	Wild	ST	04:33
Chalawa	Who the Cap Fit	Deepest and Darkest	04:49
R. Jackson Zee	Ras-Prince-Tafar-1	Seat Up	06:23
Crack of Dawn	Stand Tall	ST	02:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Fakin' Jamaican	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:00
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Winston Hewitt	They Got to Come	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love?	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:32
Mighty Pope	If You Want a Love Affair	If You Want a Love Affair b/w Many Rivers to Cross	03:28
Tony Kingston	Teeny Weeny Bit	Tongue Tied	02:25
Rod Williams & Super 8	War	War b/w War Version	03:16
Cynthia Webber	Carlton My Love	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	05:22
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Spice This!	The First Cut Is The Deepest	00:26
Soul Explosion Band	Woman in the Ghetto	Out of Many One People	03:41
Winston Hewitt	Burning Inside	Snapshot	02:43
Trevor Dandy	Is There Any Love In This World	Sing Hallelujah	04:46
Johnny Osborne & Jerry Estivon All Stars	Who Really Cares	Who Really Cares	02:35
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Noel Ellis	Rocking Universally	ST	07:14
Bert Jackson	Johnny Osbourne - Knock, Knock	Knockin' On Heaven's Door // Knock, Knock (Johnny Osbourne)	06:15
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
One Love	It's Within You	ST	05:13
Winston Hewitt	I Don't Need Your Love	Snapshot	03:47
Roots Radics	Come We Go Jamaica	Two Time Girl	03:36
Cynthia Webber	You Light My Fire	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	02:52
Stranger Cole	Artibella	Storybook Revisited	02:37
Soul Explosion Band	I'm So Glad	Too Much Confusion	03:34
Claudja Barry	Love of the Hurtin' Kind	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:27
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Africa - Africa Woman	Broken Arrow	07:26
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Stan Martin	Hop Skipping the Boogie	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:00
Winston Hewitt	Let Us Work Together (version)	Just You and Me	03:54

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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