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
Winston Hewitt	Shoo-ba-do-ba-do-ba	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:27
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Consider Me	You Are My Lady	04:29
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Cut Off (Unclean)	The First Cut Is The Deepest	03:30
Crack of Dawn	Got To Be	Horizons	03:42
Stranger Cole	Run Joe	Storybook Revisited	02:33
Merlene Webber	The First Cut is the Deepest	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	03:02
Chalawa	Help Wanted	Capture Land (re-issue)	03:05
Chalawa	Got You On My Mind	Capture Land (re-issue)	04:03
Claudja Barry	O Tannenbaum	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	03:52
Messenjah	Way Oh	Cool... But Deadly	03:39
Jackie Mittoo	Chasing You Forever	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:39
Mike Anthony	Coming to Carry Us Home	Mike Anthony's Reality	04:55
Trevor Dandy	Lord I Come to Thee	Don't Cry Little Tree	03:45
Messenjah	Today We Pray	Rock You High	04:25
Johnny Osbourne	Back Off Ringcraft	Meets Roots Radics 1980-1981 "Vintage"	03:55
R. Jackson Zee	Seat Up	Unda De Struggle	04:42
Jackie Mittoo	Hard Lover	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	03:50
Jackie Mittoo	One Man Woman - One Woman Man (Paul Anka)	Let's Put It all Together	02:56
Jackie Mittoo	Right Track	Wishbone	03:30
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Love	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:58
Desmond Chambers	I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	The Morning Show b/w I Have Seen Love in Your Eyes	04:02
Bennett Jo	In the Nude	Groovy Joe (with Mudies All Stars)	02:58
Winston Hewitt	Just You and Me	Just You and Me	02:37
Messenjah	It's You	Cool Operator	04:12
Ishan People	Mighty Warrior	ST	03:48
Carl Harvey	World of Confusion	Ecstacy of Mankind	03:38
Trevor Dandy	When I Prayed Last Night	Don't Cry Little Tree	02:58
Jackie Mittoo	Dub Cut	Hot Blood	02:50
Winston Hewitt	What More Can I Do	Winston and the Dynamics - Keep Movin'	02:59
Mighty Mystics	Arms	Ride Your Donkey b/w Arms	09:32
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Intro (Michie Mee, Chuck Dee)	Bahdgyal's Revenge	01:15
Leroy Sibbles	Pope Paul	It's Not Over	03:30
Winston Hewitt	There's No Love in the World Today	Greatest Hits Vol. 1: Love is the Answer	04:10
Messenjah	Can't Root Up This Tree	Rock You High	03:18
Claudja Barry	Give it Up	I Wanna Be Loved By You	05:40
Jackie Mittoo	Steeple in the Snow	Wishbone	02:15
Winston Hewitt	Feel it Don't Fight It	I Love You	02:28
Leroy Brown	All That Glitters	Genuine Love	04:04
Leroy Brown	She’s Not Just Another Woman	Nice & Slow	03:46
Glen Ricketts	Ghetto Man	Rock Me Baby	03:07
Leroy Sibbles	Stay	On Top	03:30
Soul Explosion Band	You Must Be a Believer	Out of Many One People	03:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Wanna Make Love to You	Dream Of Life	03:54
Cougars	I Wish It Would Rain	I Wish It Would Rain b/w Right On	04:34
Stan Martin	You Know I Love You	Stan Martin is Dr. Cool	03:29
Leroy Sibbles	Warden	Strictly Roots	06:42
Lillian Allen	Why (Dub Version 2)	Conditions Critical	02:46
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Easy Dub	Solid Love Affair	03:26
Merlene Webber	Right Track	On The Right Track (featuring Webber Sisters)	02:45
Stranger Cole	Red, Gold and Green	The Patriot	04:42
Leroy Brown	Don't Give Up	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	03:28
Jackie Mittoo	Ska Revival	Wild Jockey	03:18
Winston Hart	Slave Dub	Slaves Made Them Rich // Slave Dub	06:15
Leroy Brown	African Roots	Leroy Brown & His Defence Force - Prayer Of Peace	02:34
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Thank You	Bahdgyal's Revenge	02:54
Lillian Allen	Why Do We Have to Fight	Conditions Critical	03:21
Stranger Cole	Hide It	More Life EP (with The Steadytones)	03:28
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Soul Trek	You Are My Lady	04:35
Jackie Mittoo	Smoke Gets in Your Eyes	Reggae Magic	02:52
Skipper Logan	Give Me Love	Give Me Love b/w Give Me Love	03:43
Mojah (Lloyd Timmothy Benn)	Broken Arrow	Broken Arrow	04:12
Leroy Brown	Genuine Love	Genuine Love	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	The Rattler (Jackie Mittoo)	Let's Put It all Together	03:01
Leroy Sibbles	Love Me With All of Your Heart	Evidence	03:57
Lillian Allen	One Poem Town	Conditions Critical	00:48
George Banton	I Wish I Could Take You Home	I'm Still In Love With You	04:33
Truths & Rights	Metro's No.1 Problem	Time For Us To Unite	04:00
Leroy Brown	All Things Are Possible	Genuine Love	03:24
Roots Radics	Jacket Dub	Roots Dub Style	03:45
Bob Williams	I'm Alright (Part Two)	I'm Alright	03:43
Leroy Sibbles	Jump	It's Not Over	03:19
Michie Mee (Michelle McCullock)	Made It	Bahdgyal's Revenge	04:18
Stranger Cole	Things Come to Those That Wait	Storybook Revisited	02:54
Jackie Mittoo	Someday Soon	Reggae Magic	03:39
R. Jackson Zee	When H.I.M Come	Unda De Struggle	05:48
Tony Kingston	Sleepin' in the Shadow of My Dream	Tongue Tied	02:09
Mike Anthony	Fire Burning	Mike Anthony's Reality	03:16
Leroy Sibbles	Singerman	Now	03:33
Jackie Mittoo	Organ Grinder	Wild Jockey	03:17
Winston Hewitt	Someone Loves You Honey	Full of Love	04:49
Claudja Barry	Why Must a Girl Like Me	Sweet Dynamite	04:10
Nana McLean (Claudette)	Love and Affection	Dream Of Life	04:05
Claudja Barry	Feliz Navidad	Disco 'Round the Christmas Tree	04:29
Carol Brown	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	Come Love Me (Cause I Need Love)	05:11
Lillian Allen	Jazz You	Conditions Critical	01:52
Pluggy Satchmo	Pluggy and Norma - Penny Reel Oh	Dance Hall Style (with Norma King)	03:39
Roots Radics	The World Has Began	Two Time Girl	03:03
Jay Douglas (Clive Pinnock)	Please Stay	You Are My Lady	03:58
Jackie Mittoo	Gimme Little Sunshine	The Money Makers	03:12
Michie Mee And LA Luv (Michelle McCullock & Phillip Gayle)	Kotch	Jamaican Funk - Canadian Style	03:50
Leroy Gibbon	Dream Lover	Just Like That	03:05
Glen Ricketts	Tears	Just Can't Get Over You	04:30
Jah B	Live Up (Dub)	Live Up	06:39
Jackie Mittoo	Mediator	The Keyboard King	02:44
Wayne McGhie & the Sounds of Joy	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	ST	03:45
Trevor Dandy	Judgement Morning	Sing Hallelujah	03:56
Messenjah	Rock and Sway	Cool... But Deadly	03:47
Gayap Rhythm Drummers	Children of Babylon (Judgement Day)	The Challenge	05:03
Jackie Mittoo	Night and Day	Jackie Mittoo and Winston Wright Plays Hits from Studio One and More - A Tribute, Vol. 2	02:43
Winston Hewitt	Sugar Sugar	Pretty Brown Eyes	04:54

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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