Flag of Canada

Canada Health News API

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

Get API key for the Canada Health 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=health&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 212976,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "89c296e6394a1c876d0ae5fe159bc61a",
            "title": "Insufficient Sleep Is A Growing Crisis",
            "description": "In a large study, almost 27.3% individuals reported they had some type of sleep disorder.",
            "content": "A study published in 2018 in Healthcare found that in a study of nearly 20,000 individuals, it was reported that almost 27.3% individuals reported they had some type of sleep disorder. Another more recent study indicates that nearly 33% of adults rep... [3345 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/saibala/2026/01/21/insufficient-sleep-is-a-growing-crisis/",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6625cd4d23924535ec02c40f/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T03:00:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c4e32b557a3dd75225975f11fb68a3a9",
                "name": "Forbes",
                "url": "https://www.forbes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fa71d4e972c4a02a4fb52f67591dfc6e",
            "title": "‘I waited, I trusted’: B.C. woman with terminal cancer says health-care system needs help",
            "description": "Sara Gilooly said at a press conference on Wednesday that while waiting for tests to be performed, her cancer spread from her breasts to her lungs and her bones.",
            "content": "A B.C. woman who has terminal cancer spoke out on Wednesday about how she feels the province’s health-care system is overloaded and needs help.\nSara Gilooly said that while waiting for tests to be performed, her cancer spread from her breasts to her ... [4852 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11623590/bc-woman-terminal-cancer-health-care-system-needs-help/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/sara-gilooly.png?w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T02:26:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d9eba398673a798ced8495048dea5290",
            "title": "‘Incredibly common’: woman’s story points out delays in B.C. cancer diagnostics",
            "description": "It took Sara Gillooly two months to see an oncologist after getting tumour removed",
            "content": "Less than two weeks after getting a hysterectomy last May, Sara Gillooly was back in the hospital with bleeding and a new complaint: she had a large lump in her breast.\nShe was immediately sent to get a mammogram and scheduled for an ultrasound and b... [5186 chars]",
            "url": "https://crestonvalleyadvance.ca/2026/01/21/incredibly-common-womans-story-points-out-delays-in-b-c-cancer-diagnostics/",
            "image": "https://crestonvalleyadvance.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2026/01/41389898_web1_260121-BPD-Boultbeepresser-BoultbeeGillooly_1.jpeg?w=1024",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-22T01:32:43Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "67d4062065d5a783eed681962c852279",
                "name": "crestonvalleyadvance.ca",
                "url": "https://crestonvalleyadvance.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Categories