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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": 220754,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aa24ce7724f0a1b8829331836b8732f0",
            "title": "Is fibre the new protein? The surprising health benefits of the latest wellness trend",
            "description": "Fibre is making a comeback and this is a wellbeing trend nutritionists are getting excited about.",
            "content": "Last year, many of us went protein-mad in the hopes of boosting our strength and fitness. But over the past few months, fibre has become the hot topic on social media - with only 4% of us getting the recommended daily amount.\nVideos of people sprinkl... [7940 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.style.yahoo.com/fibre-protein-surprising-health-benefits-003421485.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/os/en/bbc_us_articles_995/64f68d93b7ec1b82597074ef63dcf9ba",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T00:34:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "05ab64591e6d8f5d7706c5475ab29da2",
                "name": "Yahoo Lifestyle Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.style.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8d8c30f3d19dad5b2940930dd3379887",
            "title": "Person infected with measles lands at Montreal airport",
            "description": "A person infected with measles landed at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport on Jan. 8 after flying with Air Canada, Quebec’s Health Ministry announced in a news release Friday.",
            "content": "A person infected with measles landed at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport on Jan. 8 after flying with Air Canada, Quebec’s Health Ministry announced in a news release Friday.\nThe flight in question is AC 835, which landed in the afternoon. Peop... [1193 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-airport-measles-9.7049553",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.4957495,1547590869000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2817%2C64%2C1721%2C968%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-17T00:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f9d409890de019b57c2baeef802944ed",
            "title": "Tribunal upholds $10K fine for B.C. ostrich farm over failure to report sick birds",
            "description": "Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada",
            "content": "The Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal has upheld a $10,000 fine handed to the British Columbia ostrich farm whose flock of more than 300 birds was culled last fall, nearly 11 months after the confirmation of an avian influenza outbreak.\nThe Canadia... [2440 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/2026/01/16/tribunal-upholds-10k-fine-for-b-c-ostrich-farm-over-failure-to-report-sick-birds",
            "image": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/01/1d02703621738b15abd595e06c33cf04a8c59dc0c81a5b0213f3b6615f7e688b.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-16T23:46:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ce16c38b3c43eee5cdb95476a1f8c587",
                "name": "Winnipeg Free Press",
                "url": "https://www.winnipegfreepress.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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