Canada Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Canada with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Stories are selected by Google News rankings and returned as clean JSON.

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This request returns the current top nation headlines from Canada. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=ca&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=nation" \
  --data-urlencode "country=ca" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "nation", "country": "ca", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "nation",
    country: "ca",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$query = http_build_query([
    "category" => "nation",
    "country"  => "ca",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $query);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=nation&country=ca&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 521478,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c944056809632387ad8cd4ad08493991",
            "title": "U.S. 'monitoring' Canada for signs of midterm election interference, ambassador says",
            "description": "U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says American officials are \"closely watching\" Canadian politicians for signs of election interference ahead of the pivotal midterms next month.",
            "content": "U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra says American officials are \"closely watching\" Canadian politicians for signs of election interference ahead of the pivotal midterms next month.\nDuring an interview on The Really Big Show podcast posted last we... [4242 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/hoekstra-watching-canada-election-interference-9.7380834",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/b812741f-9aae-4e6f-bbfd-4dda58be3c35,1792008945821/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C431%2C5000%2C2812%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:35:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f7cb625ca4801fce908e42865157a77f",
            "title": "'Beloved' TDSB principal was 85",
            "description": "The longest-serving principal at Canada’s largest school board has died.",
            "content": "The longest-serving principal at Canada’s largest school board has died.\nBarrie Sketchley, an administrator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) for 42 years, was 85 years old.\nRosedale Heights School for the Arts (RHSA), which he lead for m... [5141 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/10/14/in-all-our-hearts-forever-longest-serving-tdsb-principal-barrie-sketchley-dead-at-85/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/UXR2OWZROZ3GFWMZN5WLHPF3WY.jpg?smart=true&auth=29f88491b771d1dbd9a0ebe7dc8f7624da7ed3d350b50f725aa335821917043e&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:26:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bb8f37864f988254fc073fb85094465a",
            "title": "Scarborough collision sends four people to hospital",
            "description": "Two people have been taken to the hospital after a collision in Scarborough Wednesday afternoon that caused one vehicle to rollover.",
            "content": "Four people have been taken to the hospital after a collision in Scarborough Wednesday afternoon that caused one vehicle to rollover.\nIt happened shortly after 5 p.m. near the intersection of Markham Road and Finch Avenue.\nFour people were taken to h... [290 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/10/14/4-people-taken-to-hospital-after-collision-in-scarborough/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/UJQYNF7QXJC2DEF2PBJPCOWTAI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=03eadf49f735de0df46fce04b5c4e039aae257be57f297c37f5f399a36beab8c&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-10-14T22:15:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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