Striker Simeon Jackson signed for Norwich City from Gillingham on 16th July 2010 for a fee reported to be £600,000 and a year's loan for Cody MacDonald at Priestfield.The 23-year-old Canadian international has put pen to paper on a two-year deal. Norwich also have a further one-year option on keeping the striker beyond his first two seasons at Carrow Road.

“I'm delighted to have Simeon at the football club, he'll be a great addition to the squad and will put pressure on the other lads,” said manager Paul Lambert. “He's a goalscorer, scored loads of goals for Gillingham the last two seasons and is an international striker. We first saw him at Rushden and Diamonds, where his goalscoring record was brilliant and obviously came up against him last season when he was at Gillingham.”

Jackson was born in Kingston, Jamaica but grew up in Mississauga, Ontario. He played for his local team in Canada, Sunoco FC. He was invited to have trials with Gillingham, but was rejected by the club. At the age of 15, he moved to England and lived with his grandmother in Croydon.

He joined Rushden & Diamonds in 2004 and was the club's top scorer in the 2006–07 season, scoring 20 goals. The next season he was top scorer for the Diamonds in the league, scoring 16 goals, During his time with the Diamonds, he had In 2005, trials with Manchester United and Manchester City. When he left the Diamonds he had established himself as the club's 8th highest goalscorer, scoring 43 goals in just over 100 games in all competitions.

In January 2008, he signed with Gillingham, for a transfer fee of £150,000 on a three-and-a-half-year contract. He made his debut against Cheltenham Town on 2nd February 2008.

Jackson qualified for Canadian citizenship by virtue of his years of residence there as a child. He has seven caps for the Canadian Men's Youth (U-20) team. His first game was a friendly against Brazil in May 2006, and he played in all three of Canada's games at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup, his last games at that level. On 30th May 2009, Jackson made his debut for for Canada against Cyprus, scoring the winning goal in the 53rd minute of a 1–0 victory. On 18th December 2009, Jackson was named the 2009 Canadian Player of the Year.

Simeon made his City debut in the 3-2 home defeat to Watford on 6th August 2010. He scored his first goal for Norwich in the 2-0 win over Swansea on 21st August 2010 and his first hat-trick in the 6-0 drubbing of Scunthorpe on 2nd April 2011. His second hat-trick came on 25th April 2011 in the 3-2 win over Derby. Jackson then scored the winner in the 1-0 victory over Portsmouth on 2nd May 2011 that secured Norwich's promotion to the Premier League. He finished the season with 41 appearances and 13 goals