Canada News API

Get the live top 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 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=general&country=ca&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=general" \
  --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": "general", "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: "general",
    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" => "general",
    "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=general&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": 632896,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "40a862e35b0f1e57a2ced535e476a8fd",
            "title": "Amy Acton elected first woman governor in Ohio",
            "description": "For months, the ugly battle between Amy Acton and her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy was notably personal.",
            "content": "After one of the ugliest battles of the 2026 cycle, Democrat Dr. Amy Acton is projected to prevail over Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in her bid to be Ohio’s first woman elected governor, according to Decision Desk HQ.\nActon’s victory was a stunning com... [7992 chars]",
            "url": "https://19thnews.org/2026/11/election-results-ohio-governor/",
            "image": "https://19thnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/Amy_Acton_Ohio.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T04:03:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "11e7f3f47bf318722e026af33974c2bf",
                "name": "The 19th News",
                "url": "https://19thnews.org"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "075d0e32bb911440fdcc45dc6116d3b3",
            "title": "Jets rally from four goals down late in third, shock Canadiens in OT",
            "description": "Samberg caps crazy comeback at 3:30 after Winnipeg scores four in final 2:39 of regulation",
            "content": "Winnipeg, which entered the game on a nine-game losing streak (0-7-2), began its comeback with 2:39 remaining in regulation. Tyrel Bauer scored his first NHL goal to make it 4-1 after Dylan DeMelo's dump-in took a funny bounce off the left boards.\nMo... [1729 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nhl.com/news/winnipeg-jets-montreal-canadiens-game-recap-november-3-2026",
            "image": "https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_ratio16_9-size50/v1793762935/prd/tgx7nnpa223gvebi6uov.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T03:39:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c7d2a077d28a24e16f925a9ca740291",
                "name": "NHL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nhl.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dc98a25229adc431c1893bd8792d4216",
            "title": "Talarico wins Texas Senate race in midterm humiliation for Trump",
            "description": "Decades-long Republican monopoly in tatters as Democrats set to flip Senate on horror night for the president",
            "content": "James Talarico has won the Senate in Texas, marking the biggest political upset of this year’s midterm elections.\nThe 37-year-old’s victory, which has helped the Democrats to win control of the Senate, shatters a decades-long Republican monopoly on S... [2600 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2026/11/04/james-talarico-texas-senate-ken-paxton-midterms/",
            "image": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/en-us/politics/2026/11/04/TELEMMGLPICT000510241005_17937626158370_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqHzm7oevZJd3Fk3W-m8gsonk2MOYZY12mNz-PhBo9qps.jpeg?impolicy=OG-Standard",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-04T03:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0fc579b3cc7a823fd67a74b9ed6f0796",
                "name": "The Telegraph",
                "url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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