Canada Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Canada with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as 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);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

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

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($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": 524066,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aefdee18ca56cb3adc3cbf47c4e8a961",
            "title": "Driver pleads guilty in crash that killed cyclist on Quadra",
            "description": "Dugan Ingram, 63, pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention after fatally striking Sylvie Argouarch.",
            "content": "The 68-year-old cyclist fatally struck last year while riding her bike through a controlled crossing of the Lochside Trail on Quadra Street “was doing everything she was meant to be doing,” a Crown prosecutor said Tuesday at a provincial court hearin... [3998 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/driver-pleads-guilty-in-crash-that-killed-cyclist-on-quadra-street-12974969",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/victoriatimescolonist/json/2026/11/web1_vka-argouarch-18844.jpg;w=1000;h=666;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T00:03:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6760fb589155c6fa875284f1e8a46c61",
                "name": "Times Colonist",
                "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "74eff1853e082031acc3f8fefc253461",
            "title": "Des négociations \" plus intensives \" s’amorcent avec les États-Unis, dit Mark Carney",
            "description": "Le premier ministre Mark Carney a indiqué que des négociations commerciales « plus intensives » avec les États-Unis avaient déjà commencé, à la suite de son entretien téléphonique avec le président Donald Trump le week-end dernier.",
            "content": "(Saint John’s) Le premier ministre Mark Carney a indiqué que des négociations commerciales « plus intensives » avec les États-Unis avaient déjà commencé, à la suite de son entretien téléphonique avec le président Donald Trump le week-end dernier.\n« O... [1863 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-11-03/guerre-commerciale/des-negociations-plus-intensives-s-amorcent-avec-les-etats-unis-dit-mark-carney.php",
            "image": "https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/b1589c6e8e003f7fabc22657676cbc8c.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:44:39Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "9929f9b2d4820f4ed54220376fab7d4c",
                "name": "La Presse",
                "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "46ddd6507b3c3dbc67c8ec347b75d480",
            "title": "P.E.I. Premier Rob Lantz facing pressure to step down",
            "description": "A formal petition signed by members of the P.E.I. Progressive Conservative Party is calling for a vote on Premier Rob Lantz's leadership.",
            "content": "A formal petition signed by some members of the P.E.I. Progressive Conservative Party is calling for a vote on Premier Rob Lantz's leadership.\nLantz secured his position as party leader and premier following a leadership contest win in February over ... [3964 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-premier-pc-party-step-down-pressure-9.7407987",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/4b7a8eed-6351-4852-8210-6c22da8460b2,1793743804779/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T23:35:16Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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