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": 380060,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "544ec1ae76f0c2ff30ea1779ba803661",
            "title": "Ontario youth faces indignity to a body, harassment charges after student death",
            "description": "One youth is facing criminal charges, including indignity to a human body, criminal harassment and two counts of indecent communication.",
            "content": "One youth is facing criminal charges, including indignity to a human body, following the death of a student at an eastern Ontario school.\nLennox and Addington OPP responded to Bath Public School for a medical emergency on March 9. Officers say one yo... [965 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11825776/youth-charged-student-death-bath/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/school-board-picture.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T15:16:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0cefc7b2fd17a3b4d406e918bcb2cfea",
            "title": "Les \" Robins des ruelles \" cambriolent de nouvelles épiceries à Montréal et Québec",
            "description": "Les militants disent avoir agi pour la Journée internationale des travailleuses et des travailleurs.",
            "content": "Des militants anticapitalistes qui se surnomment « Les Robins des ruelles » revendiquent d'autres vols effectués dans des épiceries de Montréal et de la Capitale-Nationale, jeudi soir.\nDans un communiqué transmis vendredi matin, les militants disent ... [1690 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2250656/robins-ruelles-nouveux-vols-epiceries",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/robins-des-ruelles-vol-epicerie-maxi.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T14:44:59Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cf07413f0dd159c1fe697b131af94b1d",
            "title": "Suspect image released in connection with two separate GTA synagogue shootings last month",
            "description": "Police in York Region and Toronto have received judicial authorization to release the photo of a youth suspected in two separate synagogue shootings in the GTA last month. Investigators say the front doors of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto synagogue on Clark Avenue near York Hill Boulevard were struck by gunfire just before midnight on […]",
            "content": "Police in York Region and Toronto have received judicial authorization to release the photo of a youth suspected in two separate synagogue shootings in the GTA last month.\nInvestigators say the front doors of Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto synagogue ... [1003 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/05/01/suspect-image-two-separate-gta-synagogue-shootings/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2026/05/01/synogogue-shooting-suspect.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-01T14:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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