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	What Was On Your Mind	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:44
Leroy Brown	Nice And Slow	Nice & Slow	03:09
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Rastaferi Live	Broken Arrow	05:00
Mighty Pope	If That's the Way You Want It	ST	03:49
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Mighty Pope	Whatever Goes Around	Whatever Goes Around b/w Rescue Me	02:37
Winston Hewitt	You're My Boopsie	You're My Boopsy	04:39
Mike Anthony	Diplomatic Slavery	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:07
R. Jackson Zee	Jah is Good	Trodding	03:17
George Banton	Wide Awake in a Dream	The Soul of Toronto	03:14
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	All NIght Stand	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:49
Messenjah	Night Rider	Cool Operator	06:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Interlude: Personal Assistant	The First Cut Is The Deepest	01:35
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	05:28
Samuel Mickle	Slave Man	Slave Man	05:19
Otis Gayle	I'll be Around	The Best Of	03:48
Otis Gayle	My Sweet Jamaica	The Best Of	03:37
Hopeton* Lewis	Story Book Children	Think Positive // Story Book Children	07:25
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love Me Forever	Dream Of Life	03:11
Soul Explosion Band	Badly Badly Gone	Out of Many One People	02:55
Jackie Mittoo	Sweet Music Sweet	The Money Makers	02:26
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Forgot About Mich - Fam	Bahdgyal's Revenge	03:10
Crack of Dawn	Give Me Your Love	Horizons	05:07
Johnny Osbourne	Night Fall Dub	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	02:45
Claudja Barry	Cold Fire	I Wanna Be Loved By You	04:27
Crack of Dawn	Certain Kind Of Woman	Horizons	02:57
Julie Spence	We'll be Lovers	Arrives	06:45
Stranger Cole	Paparazzi	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	04:36
Leroy Sibbles	Murder	It's Not Over	03:36
Leroy Gibbon	Stepping Razor	Just Like That	03:59
Bennett Jo	Sweet V	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:22
Cougars	Sixty-Nine	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:21
Super 8 Corporation	What Rasta Say	What Rasta Say (Pluggy Satchmo)	03:25
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	We, The People	The Challenge	03:52
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed Last Night	Don't Cry Little Tree	02:58
Cynthia Webber	Touch a Hand	Touch a Hand b/w Version	03:56
Tony Kingston	What d'You Say	What d'You Say b/w What d'You Say (instrumental)	02:39
Messenjah	Glory Trail	Cool Operator	04:18
Jackie Mittoo	Too Late to Turn Back Now	Reggae Magic	03:42
Claudja Barry	Nobody But You	I Wanna Be Loved By You	03:30
Pluggy Satchmo	Mack the Knife	Porridge	03:55
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Glen Ricketts	Cover Me	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Cougars	Lara’s Theme	Caribana '67 Volume 1	02:58
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Webber Sisters (Merlene and Cynthia)	Cry to Me	Sweet Soul And Inspiration	03:06
Jah B	Live Up	Live Up	05:25
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Trevor Dandy	I Want My Light to Shine	Sing Hallelujah	03:42
Glen Ricketts	The Lady in Red	Rock Me Baby	04:02
Stranger Cole	Stepping Stone	The First Ten Years (with The Callander Sisters and Chalawa)	03:16
Leroy Brown	Round the Clock	Nice & Slow	03:20
Stranger Cole	We Shall Overcome	Storybook Revisited	02:22
Winston Hewitt	Stop Knocking on My Door	Pretty Brown Eyes	05:00
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	I'm the One	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:01
Leroy Brown	I’ll be Lonely	Nice & Slow	03:21
Jackie Mittoo	Sugar Jar	Stepping Tiger	04:45
Ojiji (Rupert "Ojiji" Harvey)	Ojiji	The Shadow	03:26
Sid Lovejoy	Feel So Good	Jah Jah Knows	04:56
Nite - Lite	I Won't Fool You	I Won't Fool You	07:13
Nana McLean (Claudette)	I Started a Joke	Collector Series	03:57
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Your Daughter	The First Cut Is The Deepest	04:02
Stranger Cole	Cornell Andrews & The Collinder Sisters - Uno Dos Tres	Bread in the Oven (& The Collinder Sisters)	06:07
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Trevor Dandy	Sometimes	Don't Cry Little Tree	04:33
Christine White Joy	Letter To Mammy & Daddy	You Have Got To Come Back	03:02
Jackie Mittoo	Hot Blood	Hot Blood	03:19
Leroy Brown	Rent a Tile	Genuine Love	03:57
Merlene Webber	Forget the Past	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:38
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love Everybody	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:01
Mike Anthony	Why War	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:48
Johnny Osbourne	Marijuana	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:30
Sid Lovejoy	I Need Your Lovin	Jah Jah Knows	04:28
George Banton	How Could I Let You Get Away	The Soul of Toronto	04:17
Leroy Sibbles	Love And Happiness	Strictly Roots	04:08
One Love	Simplicity	ST	06:25
Johnny Osbourne	First Trumpet	First Trumpet	05:57
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Crack of Dawn	Somebody’s Watching You	Spotlight	04:34
R. Jackson Zee	Parkdale	Unda De Struggle	03:00
Noel Ellis	To Hail Salassie	ST	06:16
Mighty Pope	Because the Night	Sway	05:31
Stan Martin	Come to the Party	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	04:37
Claudja Barry	Live a Little Bit	Sweet Dynamite	03:55
Chalawa	Give Me the Right	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Revival Jumper	Wild Jockey	03:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Time is Now	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:13
Leroy Sibbles	Pure Sorrow	Now	02:52
Truths & Rights	Black Plight	Metro's No. 1 Problem	07:36
Leroy Brown	Free for All	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	04:15
Glen Ricketts	Nothing's Gonna Change My Love	Rock Me Baby	03:51
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Cougars	Dolores Waltz	Caribana '67 Volume 1	05:42
Ishan People	One Way Ticket	Roots	03:47
Cougars	Madame Blondell	Caribana '67 Volume 1	01:07
Roots Radics	Falling Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:27
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Dream of Life	Dream Of Life	03:54
Winston Hewitt	I Love You	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	03:53
Jack Harden & the Silhouettes	I Will Never Turn My Back to You	I'm Not Running After You Anymore b/w I Will Never Turn My Back to You	02:29

The Ultimate Jamaica to Ontario Collection

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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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