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": 4154848,
    "articles": [
        {
            "title": "Police incident causes diversions, delays at YVR: reports",
            "description": "A police incident is causing some flights to be delayed and diverted at YVR Airport.",
            "content": "A police incident is causing some flights to be delayed and diverted at YVR Airport.\nA large police presence can be seen on the airport’s north runway, with the scene apparently centred around a small aircraft, possibly a Cessna.\nA police incident is... [345 chars]",
            "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/07/15/police-incident-causes-delays-at-yvr/",
            "image": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2025/07/15/YVR-Airport-Incident.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-15T21:20:14Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "CityNews Vancouver",
                "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Heat wave expected to end Thursday night, air quality concerns remain",
            "description": "The heat warning issued last Friday for the Ottawa-Gatineau region should last until Thursday night, according to Environment Canada. Special air quality statements also linger Tuesday in western Quebec.",
            "content": "The heat warning issued last Friday for the Ottawa-Gatineau region should end Thursday night, according to Environment Canada.\nSpecial air quality statements issued by the agency because of wildfire smoke in many areas on Monday also linger Tuesday i... [2950 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/heat-wave-smoke-air-quality-weather-ottawa-gatineau-1.6849067",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/1.7584542.1752511681!/cantoImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_1180/ottawa-smoke-wildfires-hazy-smoky-2025.jpg?im=Resize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-15T20:25:13Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "title": "Oshawa man accused of abusing dog",
            "description": "A 48-year-old man has been charged for allegedly assaulting a dog in Oshawa.",
            "content": "A Durham Regional Police officer's logo emblem is shown at a Bowmanville, Ont. shopping centre parking lot on Tuesday Feb. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives\nA 48-year-old man has been charged for allegedly assaulting a dog in Oshawa.\nIn a news r... [587 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2025/07/15/8-dogs-seized-from-oshawa-home-man-charged-with-animal-cruelty/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/7Z7OLAUUB2DHI4VWVCJEAWQW6A.jpg?smart=true&auth=1cb064dc12abd9fbb391c8dabc135126e538be77b97e6f2a59cb356f91eb5465&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2025-07-15T19:47:21Z",
            "source": {
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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