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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": 365072,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "06bb56c0f543783afc66878234a8ddce",
            "title": "University of Ottawa in Lockdown Amid ‘Violent Incident’",
            "description": "The authorities urged students to stay away from the downtown campus, to hide quietly if they were on the premises, and to defend themselves if needed.",
            "content": "The authorities at the University of Ottawa said a “violent incident” was underway at the campus late Friday afternoon, and put the campus in lockdown.\nThe university told students to avoid campus shortly after 5 p.m. Eastern time and urged those on ... [507 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/world/canada/ottawa-university-campus-lockdown-canada.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/images/icons/defaultPromoCrop.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T22:41:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "44550b503b1662c477bb7ec354f8a216",
            "title": "Saint-Lin-Laurentides : la mairesse a commis \" des actes répréhensibles \", dit un rapport",
            "description": "La mairesse Isabelle Auger a commis « des actes répréhensibles » selon un rapport d'enquête recommandant l'intervention de la ministre des Affaires municipales.",
            "content": "La mairesse de Saint-Lin–Laurentides, Isabelle Auger, a commis « des actes répréhensibles » en contrevenant à la loi et en abusant de son autorité, conclut un rapport d'enquête de la Direction des enquêtes et des poursuites en intégrité municipale (D... [2882 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2245300/saint-lin-laurentides-mairesse-abus-gestion",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/isabelle-auger-mairesse-saint-lin-laurentides.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T22:09:03Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bdeb96cd122da119e6a766bf1cf7d7f7",
            "title": "NDP's Leah Gazan calls MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ critics 'bigots'",
            "description": "NDP MP Leah Gazan is standing by her use of the initialism MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ and denouncing those who are mocking her online for using the term.",
            "content": "NDP MP Leah Gazan is standing by her use of the initialism MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ and denouncing those who are mocking her online for using the term.\nA clip of the Winnipeg Centre MP saying \"the ongoing genocide of MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+\" during a news conferenc... [3749 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gazan-mmiwg2slgbtqqia-pushback-9.7159796",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/13a4a9f3-b7b3-4c08-82a6-aacd804ded48,1775853870450/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C257%2C7983%2C4490%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-10T22:01:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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