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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": 365230,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2d03b95e278d8ea00b35d27253445bf1",
            "title": "Éric Caire quittera la vie politique à la fin de son mandat",
            "description": "« Il est temps pour moi de céder ma place », après 19 ans comme député de La Peltrie.",
            "content": "Éric Caire annonce ce matin qu'il ne se représentera pas aux prochaines élections. « Il est difficile d’arriver en politique. Il est tout aussi difficile d’y durer. Le plus difficile demeure toutefois d’en sortir », écrit l’ancien ministre de la Cybe... [3684 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2241838/eric-caire-la-peltrie-ne-se-representera-pas-fin-politique",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/eric-caire-68596.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T15:52:40Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "224883b1fb7f6d5a6c227b9575ba1c88",
            "title": "PM Commits to Half a Trillion in Defence Spending over the Next Decade",
            "description": "The Canadian government has officially met its NATO spending target of two per cent of GDP and plans to spend ...",
            "content": "The Canadian government has officially met its NATO spending target of two per cent of GDP and plans to spend another half a trillion dollars on defence infrastructure and capability over the next decade.\nPrime Minister Mark Carney made the announcem... [929 chars]",
            "url": "https://vocm.com/2026/03/26/pm-commits-to-half-a-trillion-in-defence-spending-over-the-next-decade/",
            "image": "https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/900/files/2026/03/mark-carney-2.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T15:32:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e1f7b8d1fbe1f1a390d9ca6465745832",
                "name": "VOCM",
                "url": "https://vocm.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "18f4f2312aea43155fefc8e8a88d0992",
            "title": "Canada’s Supreme Court Hears Case on Ability to Suspend Constitutional Rights",
            "description": "Quebec’s ban on religious symbols — and a measure that suspends constitutional rights — are being tested in a case with far-reaching repercussions.",
            "content": "In a top court case with far-reaching consequences for Canadian unity, opposing sides clashed this week over an increasingly used measure to override some rights in Canada’s Constitution.\nThe long anticipated case at the Supreme Court of Canada focus... [1433 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/world/americas/canada-supreme-court-religion-bill-21.html",
            "image": "https://static01.nyt.com/images/2026/03/25/world/25int-Canada-supreme-court/25int-Canada-supreme-court-facebookJumbo.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T15:29:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "2f580dc49292a1caf59cd86dd3c9e60b",
                "name": "The New York Times",
                "url": "https://www.nytimes.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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