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Canada Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada Nation News API

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": 320984,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1b4cfc2d5fd642a394877c05f1e5af28",
            "title": "Une tempête hivernale et de la pluie verglaçante pour clôturer l’année",
            "description": "Environnement et Changement climatique Canada a lancé une alerte orange de pluie verglaçante dans le sud du Québec.",
            "content": "Un important cocktail météorologique, mêlant pluies verglaçantes et rafales de vent, va toucher le Québec dans la nuit de dimanche à lundi. Environnement et Changement climatique Canada a lancé une alerte orange de pluie verglaçante dans le sud du Qu... [1494 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ledevoir.com/actualites/environnement/944367/tempete-hivernale-pluie-verglacante-cloturer-annee",
            "image": "https://media2.ledevoir.com/image/944367.jpg?crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&width=1600&ts=1766964864",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-28T23:34:24Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "c84f2ae7c58e4987789aacb653e5f635",
                "name": "Le Devoir",
                "url": "https://www.ledevoir.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f592466fbbb39e286554ecb84bf6d52d",
            "title": "Flooding and high winds hit as cleanup continues from Boxing Day storm",
            "description": "While the ice storm is over, a flood warning is now in place due to heavy rain on Sunday and strong winds have London Hydro preparing for potential further outages.",
            "content": "Crews had nearly finished dealing with the aftermath of Boxing Day's freezing rain when heavy rain and strong winds hit London on Sunday.\nA flood warning is now in place and the wind, expected to continue through Monday, has London Hydro bracing for ... [2253 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/crews-clean-up-boxing-day-storm-9.7028796",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/b0baca12-e12d-4b5d-a4bc-1be19e7e325e,1766940537088/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C784%2C1512%2C850%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-28T22:38:08Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "214ac77c4fd0a0189c9104fdab5b9512",
            "title": "Bird never seen before in Canada draws crowds to Vancouver park",
            "description": "The taiga flycatcher has never before been seen in Canada. At least, not until this holiday season when a bird watcher spotted the rare avian specimen in a Vancouver park.",
            "content": "Bird fans are flocking to Vancouver after a rare bird that is hardly ever seen in North America has made its home in the B.C. city.\nBirder Ethan Moon discovered the rare taiga flycatcher on Christmas Day while he was visiting a park near the Vancouve... [2641 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11592512/rare-bird-vancouver-taiga-flycatcher/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/taiga-flycatcher.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-28T22:23:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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