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": 388590,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a89fac601108dce7e3cd97c5ec7ad7df",
            "title": "Former military college Royal Roads will help train officers",
            "description": "Royal Roads University is going back to its roots by offering military officer training this fall in a new partnership with the Canadian Armed Forces.",
            "content": "Royal Roads University is returning to its roots by offering military officer training this fall in a new partnership with the Canadian Armed Forces.\nThe university replaced Royal Roads Military College after it closed in 1995.\nUniversity president P... [6339 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/former-military-college-royal-roads-will-help-train-officers-again-12190649",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/victoriatimescolonist/json/2026/04/web1_vka-rru-20592.jpg;w=1000;h=666;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T09:33:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6760fb589155c6fa875284f1e8a46c61",
                "name": "Times Colonist",
                "url": "https://www.timescolonist.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a9f0df64173b3ebc8c03f67c2da22dd4",
            "title": "The daunting dome of western New Brunswick",
            "description": "Standing monstrously silent in a farmer's field, the structure seems otherworldly. But its real purpose is much more down to earth.",
            "content": "Standing monstrously silent in a farmer's field, the structure seems otherworldly.\nIts daunting size and aging appearance gives the impression of something ancient and alien pushing its way out of the dirt.\nIt stands a dozen metres tall and 140 metre... [3453 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/potato-dome-new-brunswick-9.7176072",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/6013082f-de28-465b-8b3c-f45554c9a2a7,1777045195366/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "83628b66bc3d3f795fb839f71d2fcf43",
            "title": "Man critically injured in Etobicoke shooting",
            "description": "A man has been critically injured following a shooting in Etobicoke  Police were called to the Scarlettwood Court and Scarlett Road area just after 10 p.m. Friday for reports of gunshots. When they arrived, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. Life-saving measures were performed at the scene before he was taken to a […]",
            "content": "A man has been critically injured following a shooting in Etobicoke\nPolice were called to the Scarlettwood Court and Scarlett Road area just after 10 p.m. Friday for reports of gunshots.\nWhen they arrived, they found a man suffering from gunshot woun... [252 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/04/24/man-critically-injured-in-etobicoke-shooting/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2026/04/24/processed-C95DF466-4D6E-419B-920D-95F07778A1F3-scaled.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T03:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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