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": 294020,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "8e9ff5700b59f8ba7a2abfea5b673c5a",
            "title": "Cancer du col de l'utérus: un fossé grandissant entre les pays à revenus élevés et faibles",
            "description": "Alors que le Canada avance vers l'élimination de cette maladie, des investissements rapides en prévention sont essentiels pour aider les pays à faibles revenus à rattraper leur retard",
            "content": "Tandis que les pays à hauts revenus comme le Canada pourraient éliminer le cancer du col de l'utérus d'ici 2048 grâce à la vaccination contre le virus du papillome humain (VPH) et au dépistage, l'écart se creuse avec les pays à plus faibles revenus. ... [4074 chars]",
            "url": "https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca/2026/04/30/cancer-du-col-de-luterus-un-fosse-grandissant-entre-les-pays-a-revenus-eleves-et-faibles-9d634baf-787c-4f79-b160-075d5917e6ec",
            "image": "https://assets.ulaval.omerloclients.com/assets/1ec67ee2-f49d-4ec2-adf2-a934c6bbb08b.jpg?quality=hd&type=jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T22:36:19Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "c3f618687c0f48f6a687f75125ffacf3",
                "name": "ULaval nouvelles",
                "url": "https://nouvelles.ulaval.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "99f1bf5d69d24d6269d94e2691818fb4",
            "title": "Boy with Cancer Started a Lemonade Stand for Brain Tumor Research. He Raised $22, Then Anonymous Donor Gifted $100K",
            "description": "“I felt that the hospital needed, I guess, more than I did,” said Rowan Rieve, who was first diagnosed with cancer at 8 years old",
            "content": "NEED TO KNOW\nRowan Rieve, 12, was first diagnosed with cancer over four years ago\nUpon hearing about federal cuts to cancer research, Rowan and his friends started a lemonade stand, raising $22.25 for the cause\nThe story of Rowan and his lemonade sta... [4092 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.style.yahoo.com/boy-cancer-started-lemonade-stand-213201329.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/QfD1x9gfNVgDMddOExODpw--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://media.zenfs.com/en/people_218/8229aa7b03f26e16f16eb8eef1d4f2cf",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T21:32:01Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "05ab64591e6d8f5d7706c5475ab29da2",
                "name": "Yahoo Lifestyle Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.style.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1d352c804a93f536b197c6a837da6c8d",
            "title": "Living near a gas station increases cancer risk",
            "description": "A Quebec study led by UdeM’s Stéphane Buteau finds that living within 250 metres of a gas station raises childhood cancer risk, but stricter vapour-control regulations can reduce the danger.",
            "content": "Childhood cancers are devastating. Even when the disease is not fatal, its long-term effects can be severe. Not enough is known about the risk factors.\n“Research suggests that only 5 to 10 per cent of childhood cancers are attributable solely to gene... [4125 chars]",
            "url": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2026/04/30/living-near-a-gas-station-increases-cancer-risk",
            "image": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/public/nouvelles/_processed_/e/7/csm_20260429_stations-services_b367a94db8.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-30T20:11:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "777cb3f92d798a8666b43224ef6b9b5d",
                "name": "Université de Montréal",
                "url": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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