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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": 317556,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c03a169340394385ad3bb7392bdcf671",
            "title": "When is a house 'uninhabitable'?",
            "description": "A city working group has concluded that the Sault's vacant home tax bylaw actually encourages homeowners to neglect their properties",
            "content": "City councillors will be asked Monday to tweak the Sault's vacant home tax bylaw to plug a loophole that's inadvertently encouraging homeowners to neglect their properties.\nThe bylaw, which took effect on Jan. 1 of last year, imposed a four per cent ... [3752 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/when-is-a-house-uninhabitable-11722796",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/sootoday/images/real-estate/crescendo-property-management/2025-07-02-moxnessreceivershipjh01.jpg;w=1200;h=800;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T02:19:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e75700b3f7b2c08a9430fe2e93805216",
                "name": "SooToday.com",
                "url": "https://www.sootoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2cd112503db50989ded9aa60c0f64546",
            "title": "Police lift shelter-in-place in Simcoe, continue to investigate",
            "description": "Police lift shelter-in-place in Simcoe, continue to investigate weapons incident",
            "content": "Advertisement 1\nThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.\nPolice lift shelter-in-place in Simcoe, continue to investigate weapons incident\nArticle content\nA shelter-in-place advisory has been lifted and members of the N... [1919 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.simcoereformer.ca/news/local-news/heavy-police-presence-in-downtown-simcoe-opp-tell-public-to-avoid-area",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nexus/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_8621.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T01:35:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "48cae8956fc9d0244c9ac802b5132837",
                "name": "Simcoe Reformer",
                "url": "https://www.simcoereformer.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "711b118505903dd4ce5292ac931567e5",
            "title": "Man facing murder charge in connection to 'suspicious death' in Saanich:VIIMCU",
            "description": "A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a suspicious death at a home in the Gordon Head neighbourhood of Saanich earlier this week.",
            "content": "A man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection to a suspicious death at a home in the Gordon Head neighbourhood of Saanich earlier this week.\nOn Saturday, the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unite (VIIMCU) issued a statement in... [1057 chars]",
            "url": "https://cheknews.ca/man-facing-murder-charge-in-connection-to-suspicious-death-in-saanichviimcu-1298917/",
            "image": "https://cheknews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/RAW-SAANICH-SUSPICIOUS-DEATH-OH-2026-01-06_00571.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-11T00:33:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "51192d0d0d80b340629793791612a00c",
                "name": "CHEK News",
                "url": "https://cheknews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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