Canada Nation News API

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

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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": 395770,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "74d896619bab22f3704c05e3f0a0bb91",
            "title": "Racisme allégué au SPVM : pas \" un dossier \", mais \" une cause \" pour Fady Dagher",
            "description": "Racisme allégué au SPVM : le directeur du SPVM, Fady Dagher, se dit fier des dénonciations des policiers qui ont mené à l'enquête annoncée vendredi soir.",
            "content": "« Hier, c’était le tremblement de terre, l’annonce. Les prochains jours, prochaines semaines, j’anticipe peut-être un tsunami. »\nMoins de 24 heures après avoir annoncé l’ouverture d’une enquête sur des policiers pour des gestes racistes et haineux qu... [4662 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2261476/racisme-spvm-fady-dagher-policiers",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/fady-dagher-1598.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T21:16:42Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "602cc7cea3dd73e9a91c4e20c2663bce",
            "title": "‘A global rupture’: Carney calls for Canada-EU unity before G7 summit",
            "description": "Canada’s prime minister has warned that the ‘rules-based’ global order is ‘breaking down’ amid superpower dominance.",
            "content": "On the eve of the upcoming week’s Group of Seven (G7) meeting, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has reiterated his vision of a shift away from a world order dominated by superpowers.\nCarney delivered his remarks on Saturday at the launch of the De... [5259 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/13/a-global-rupture-carney-calls-for-canada-eu-unity-before-g7-summit",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/reuters_6a2dabe6-1781378022.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T19:57:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d77e1974de79132ae94b7f76892135af",
            "title": "Approaching thunderstorms may bring strong winds, large hail",
            "description": "Severe thunderstorm watch issued by Environment Canada",
            "content": "WEATHER ALERT\nENVIRONMENT CANADA\n********************************\nYellow level watch - severe thunderstorm - issued for:\nNewmarket - Georgina - Northern York Region\nBarrie - Orillia - Midland\nBracebridge - Gravenhurst\nOwen Sound - Blue Mountains - No... [1353 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/approaching-thunderstorms-may-bring-strong-winds-large-hail-12417683",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/shared/weather/funnelcloudstown.jpeg;w=1200;h=800;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-13T19:13:53Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e75700b3f7b2c08a9430fe2e93805216",
                "name": "SooToday.com",
                "url": "https://www.sootoday.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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