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Canada Nation News API

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

Get API key for the Canada Nation 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=nation&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 369234,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a00b78c9330583da81ebb00a9a626bb2",
            "title": "Cycliste happée mortellement sur la 138 : la conductrice était inattentive",
            "description": "Aucune accusation n'a été déposée contre l'automobiliste",
            "content": "L'automobiliste qui a happé mortellement la jeune cycliste Rosalie Pelletier à l'été 2025 à Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures n'a jamais freiné ni tenté d'éviter l'adolescente, et aurait pu être distraite par un verre de contact perdu ou encore son télépho... [1405 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2245552/rosalie-pelletier-accident-morte-conductrice",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/accident-route-138-saint-augustin-cycliste-16-ans.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T12:15:46Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e24b61a5bba92d8b91ca158d6d755990",
            "title": "3 women injured in North York drive-by shooting",
            "description": "Two of the women were injured by the gunfire, and the other sustained injuries from broken glass in the vehicle.",
            "content": "A drive-by shooting in North York left three women injured early Saturday.\nEmergency crews were called to the area of Jane Street and Sheppard Avenue just before 12:15 a.m. for reports of a shooting.\nAccording to investigators, two unknown male suspe... [474 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/04/11/3-women-injured-in-north-york-drive-by-shooting/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2024/09/364298b47faa47745695aa5fb70e8dd0ca7df3dca7dd2474499a0712184586fe.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T11:49:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0f5217f21ebe95cacaf6ac401304a8ac",
            "title": "Terrebonne by-election puts Carney’s popularity to the test in Liberal-Bloc rematch",
            "description": "Floor-crossings have brought Liberals closer to a majority, which presents an opportunity for the Bloc Québécois",
            "content": "A nail-biting Quebec by-election that was supposed to make or break the Liberals’ hopes of a majority government now looks more like a test of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s popularity in a part of the country not given to displays of Canadian unity.\nT... [6367 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-terrebonne-byelection-liberal-majority-bloc-quebecois/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/MISRSRDUNNAKZKJIIZ74IFF6EA.JPG?auth=02e4237d71e56df38f9ba2f618af7bd6051decd1a52c31c4a64468ab6cab32c0&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-11T10:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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