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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": 358306,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "c3f8512c6c642b408b8fb1032ce439d4",
            "title": "‘Just chilling’: Large and unexpected guest found lounging in northern Alberta couple’s flowerbed",
            "description": "Roberta the moose has been making herself at home in a northern Alberta couple's front yard recently.",
            "content": "April Ellingham peered out the kitchen window of her home in Grande Prairie, Alta., this week, surprised to see two huge, furry ears.\nAt first she thought it was a rabbit, until she got a closer look.\n“I went up and looked at it and there's this moos... [2022 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/moose-grande-prairie-alberta-9.7153102",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/f2150ca8-bb35-4e7e-a2ee-44669560a1a8,1775253917463/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C717%2C3024%2C1701%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T23:05:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "cbc.ca",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "88839e288f90341e5fab3933c026e311",
            "title": "Canadian mother and seven-year-old daughter released from ICE detention in Texas",
            "description": "Tania Warner, who has a U.S. work permit, was detained with her daughter for nearly three weeks without explanation",
            "content": "A Canadian mother and daughter have been released from a Texas detention centre nearly three weeks after being apprehended by U.S. immigration authorities for an unknown reason while driving home from a baby shower.\nTania Warner and her seven-year-ol... [4501 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-mother-daughter-released-from-ice-detention-in-texas/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/4BZB6EK7WFHIJBUPJ5CQ33HYAA.JPG?auth=dca3b43570ef0afb1719515192e0420d13870c4369234f12f90a6b49bb7e9ec7&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T22:48:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "927c5f8d8cbaece04e879b60b033b29c",
            "title": "Alberta separatists making alternative plans to force referendum if they lose court challenge",
            "description": "Judge set to hear demand by Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation to shut separatist campaign down",
            "content": "Alberta separatists are making alternative plans to pressure Premier Danielle Smith’s government to call an independence referendum if a judge throws out their current efforts after a multiday hearing next week.\nMitch Sylvestre is organizing an indep... [4965 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-alberta-separatists-making-alternative-plans-to-force-referendum-if/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/4QJBYI7HBNCKPM6MWRSWI6FSYQ.JPG?auth=5358d2ca00129de70eaea963b6e27ef0d237d35801ed23c155abeddf55ff5e65&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-03T22:26:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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