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	Cool Operator	Cool Operator	05:20
Jo-Jo And The Fugitives	Fugitive Song (B. Stone, J. Bennett)	Chips-Chicken-Banana Split b/w Fugitive Song	02:47
Messenjah	Cool Operator	Cool... But Deadly	05:22
Glen Ricketts	It Was Fascination	Commandments Of Love	05:56
Otis Gayle	God You are for Real	Love is a Thing	03:59
Glen Ricketts	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Commandments Of Love	05:31
Bennett Jo	10 Steps to Soul	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	03:17
Roots Earth And Water	Earth, Roots & Water - Jah Jah Symphony in 'B' Minor	Earth, Roots & Water - Simple Song (with Bumpy Jones)	03:04
Chalawa	Rough And Tough	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:34
Winston Hewitt	Just Let Me Be	Just You and Me	03:04
R. Jackson Zee	Play On	Seat Up	05:46
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Pluggy Satchmo	One Has My Name, The Other Has My Heart	Porridge	04:16
Ishan People	I Shall be Released	Roots	04:31
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	What You Talkin' Bout	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:17
Jackie Mittoo	Cowboy Lollipop	Wild Jockey	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	What a Price	Collector Series	04:02
King Herbert And the Knights	I Believe	With Jack Harden	02:45
Lindsay Estiban	Never Will I	L.A. Walk	06:04
Ishan People	Trenchtown	ST	05:35
Cougars	Kalinda	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:50
Winston Hewitt	Say it's Allright	Snapshot	02:33
Chalawa	The Dread Approacheth	Deepest and Darkest	02:57
Winston Hewitt	Got the Fever	Snapshot	02:24
Lindsay Estiban	Reach Out	L.A. Walk	05:42
Winston Hewitt	Do You Ever Feel Like Crying	Snapshot	02:21
Crack of Dawn	It's Alright	ST	02:41
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Ishan People	Your Money Or Your Life	Roots	05:29
Winston Hewitt	For You Love: Every Beat of My Heart; What's Your Name; Sweets For My Sweet; If it Don't Work Out	Full of Love	08:30
Merlene Webber	No More Running (Merlene Webber)	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:07
Jackie Mittoo	I Hear You Madagascar	The Money Makers	03:10
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool Operator	03:20
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Every Time You Go Away	Modern Day Romance	03:25
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Color Barrier	02:15
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Chalawa	What Kind of World	Capture Land	04:05
Jackie Mittoo	North of the Sun	Show Case Volume 3	04:46
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Jackie Mittoo	Telstar	Reggae Magic	03:11
Otis Gayle	Ska	The Best Of	03:25
Roots Radics	Singing Dub	Roots Dub Style	02:51
Leroy Brown	More Than That	Genuine Love	03:36
Leroy Sibbles	South Africa	Mean While	03:32
Jackie Mittoo	One Step Forward	Show Case Volume 3	04:36
Jackie Mittoo	Mother Funk	Wishbone	02:36
Jackie Mittoo	Dry Wine	Wishbone	02:45
Julie Spence	Walk Right Back	Arrives	05:22
Ernie* Smith	Ska Medley: Jamaica Ska; Humpty Dumpty; A Little More Oil; Six And Seven Books; Oh Manny Oh	Skareggae	07:24
Claudja Barry	I Wanna be Loved by You	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:57
Leroy Gibbon	Money in My Pocket	Just Like That	03:45
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Johnny Osbourne	Girl of My Complexion	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
George Banton	Row Daddy Row	I'm Still In Love With You	03:36
Hopeton* Lewis	Think Positive	Think Positive // Story Book Children	06:38
Leroy Sibbles	Want You to Know	On Top	02:56
Pluggy Satchmo	Hello Dolly	Porridge	03:11
Nite - Lite	Tears On My Pillow	Tears On My Pillow	06:01
Crack of Dawn	Keep the Faith	Spotlight	03:35
Jackie Mittoo	Ram Jam (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	02:31
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	I Can See Mother Nature	ST	03:37
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	The Avenger	The Keyboard King	03:04
Jackie Mittoo	Dubble Trubble	The Money Makers	02:16
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Are You Ready	Collector Series	03:49
Leroy Sibbles	Brighter Day	It's Not Over	03:38
Norma King	Norma King - Sweet Sweet Caribana Music	Come and Dance With Me b/w Sweet Sweet Caribana Music (with Anna Bee)	04:21
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Leroy Heptone	Garden of Life	Garden of Life	08:03
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Jamaican Funk	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:18
Leroy Gibbon	I Don't Want to be Alone	Just Like That	03:08
Jackie Mittoo	Soul Bird	Wishbone	02:38
Desmond Chambers	Haly Gully (Version)	Tiger Bom	04:11
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
King Herbert And the Knights	Let's Get Together	With Jack Harden	03:18
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Jamaican Funk Canadian Stlye	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:34
Otis Gayle	What You Wont Do for Love (Instrumental Version)	The Best Of	02:54
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Take a Letter Maria	ST	03:14
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	When I Think of Home	ST	02:49
Leroy Brown	Prayer of Peace	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:58
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Dirty Funk	ST	03:45
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Crack of Dawn	It’s Alright	Spotlight	03:25
Messenjah	Shagnatty Dread	Rock You High	03:37
Jackie Mittoo	Peace Treaty	Show Case Volume 3	04:19
Sid Lovejoy	Monster Man	Monsterman	03:30
Roots Radics	Piece of the Action	Two Time Girl	03:43
Glen Ricketts	Looking Back	Just Can't Get Over You	04:34
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Take My Loving (Remix)	Collector Series	04:01
Jackie Mittoo	Bathurst Street Yank	The Money Makers	02:56
Leroy Sibbles	Come a Come	It's Not Over	03:39
Claudja Barry	Deck The Halls - Come All Ye Faithful - Silent Night	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	05:32
Glen Ricketts	If Loving You Is Wrong	Just Can't Get Over You	04:37
Michael Ratherford	Hard Drugs	Hard Drugs	03:52

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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