Canada Business News API

Get the live top business headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada Business News API

API Demonstration

This example demonstrates the HTTP request to make and the JSON response you will receive when you use the news api to get the top headlines from Canada.

GET
https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?country=ca&category=business&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 253074,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d99092034d34a848e9a1af792afb49e3",
            "title": "Health Canada approves 1st generic version of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic",
            "description": "Health Canada ‌​approved on Tuesday the first generic ​version of ​Danish drugmaker Novo ‌Nordisk's Ozempic drug.",
            "content": "Health Canada ‌​approved on Tuesday the first generic ​version of ​Danish ⁠drugmaker ⁠Novo ‌Nordisk's Ozempic drug.\nIn a news release, the department said the submission for a generic semaglutide injection by Indian drugmaker Dr. Reddy's Laboratories... [939 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/ozempic-generic-health-canada-9.7180566",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/20c6730a-6ae0-4acf-99aa-b483a7b26cb7,1772861867382/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C66%2C1280%2C720%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T21:34:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "37ea0d1948d111f727de6f910bb936b3",
            "title": "Canada becomes the first G7 country to approve a generic version of semaglutide",
            "description": "Today, Health Canada authorized a generic semaglutide injection. This is the first generic semaglutide authorized by Health Canada, and the first to be approved in the G7.",
            "content": "April 28, 2026 | Ottawa, Ontario | Health Canada\nToday, Health Canada authorized a generic semaglutide injection. This is the first generic semaglutide authorized by Health Canada, and the first to be approved in the G7. Health Canada is currently re... [1413 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/news/2026/04/canada-becomes-the-first-g7-country-to-approve-a-generic-version-of-semaglutide.html",
            "image": "https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/themes/health/news/twitter/news-release-en.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T21:05:33Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3d6898c66fea30856116a38513eede4d",
                "name": "canada.ca",
                "url": "https://www.canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1fc851240273a9766947eaab2f5a51dc",
            "title": "Liberals plan to grow sovereign wealth fund by recycling money from airports, other federal assets",
            "description": "Fiscal update says retail investors will also help support the Canada Strong Fund",
            "content": "Ottawa plans to grow its new sovereign wealth fund through a combination of buy-in from retail investors and efforts to reallocate money that is tied up in airports and other federal assets.\nOn Monday, the Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a new $... [3661 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-liberals-sovereign-wealth-fund-spring-economic-update-airports-retail/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/pf/resources/assets/meta/facebook-1200x630.png?d=883",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T20:53:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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