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": 297554,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b62d36828d7ce310bd7de04c529c3e93",
            "title": "County residents reminded to register backyard hens",
            "description": "Backyard hen and small flock owners are reminded that the Backyard Hen By-Law requires owners to register all hens with the Chicken Farmers of Ontario Small Flock Policy through their Family Food Program.",
            "content": "Backyard hen and small flock owners are reminded that the Backyard Hen By-Law requires owners to register all hens with the Chicken Farmers of Ontario Small Flock Policy through their Family Food Program.\nRegistering will ensure that small flock grow... [2397 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thecounty.ca/county_news_notices/county-residents-reminded-to-register-backyard-hens/",
            "image": "https://www.thecounty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/favicon.ico",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T20:54:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "4afa9cccb7d430f121e6315f93378a3f",
                "name": "Prince Edward County Municipal Services",
                "url": "https://www.thecounty.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "800a1a8a721b62f04aa17eddd072fc06",
            "title": "Clock ticking toward elementary school vaccine suspensions",
            "description": "Region of Waterloo Public Health is warning parents of elementary school students to update vaccine records or risk suspension.",
            "content": "Back on April 9, over 700 secondary school students were sent home for having incomplete vaccination records. They were told they couldn’t return until the records had been updated.\nNow, it’s the elementary school kids turn.\nRegion of Waterloo Public... [1310 chars]",
            "url": "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/2026/04/22/clock-ticking-toward-elementary-school-vaccine-suspensions/",
            "image": "https://kitchener.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/3/2023/09/20230908110936-64fb3fa59eacf444a1683d84jpeg.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T19:18:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "366e9317f808a4c3e5ebe9a87922f4f1",
                "name": "CityNews Kitchener",
                "url": "https://kitchener.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0d4df535a4e4f36e8b255366f43e6299",
            "title": "Un nouveau mécanisme d'hypertension a été identifié",
            "description": "Une région spécifique du cerveau pourrait être responsable de certains cas d'hypertension difficiles à traiter, conclut une équipe internationale, qui estime que cela pourrait ouvrir de nouvelles avenues thérapeutiques.",
            "content": "Une région spécifique du cerveau pourrait être responsable de certains cas d’hypertension difficiles à traiter, conclut une équipe internationale, qui estime que cela pourrait ouvrir de nouvelles avenues thérapeutiques.\nL’étude menée par des chercheu... [2546 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.acadienouvelle.com/etc/sante-mieux-etre/2026/04/22/un-nouveau-mecanisme-dhypertension-a-ete-identifie/",
            "image": "https://acadienouvelle-6143.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/7de1fd8869587c96aa5e573299751ab6c8fbdddfe020865f8e817fb6bfa75fe6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T19:01:10Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "169ba5102a57b01928fd25744624d671",
                "name": "Acadie Nouvelle",
                "url": "https://www.acadienouvelle.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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