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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": 344286,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "fcc44ce259b5ccb5b59244b1e6907822",
            "title": "Three Alberta junior hockey players killed in motor vehicle collision",
            "description": "Three hockey players from the Southern Alberta Mustangs were killed in a vehicle accident earlier Monday, according to the team.",
            "content": "Article content\nThe deaths of three young hockey players for a Southern Alberta team have unleashed an outpouring of sympathy from across the country.\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY\nSubscribe now to read the latest news in your city an... [3358 chars]",
            "url": "https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/three-southern-alberta-mustangs-hockey-players-killed-collision",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/calgaryherald/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Jerse-y3-copy.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T03:33:45Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "af066846dd4231e04bbe1c52f50938c9",
                "name": "Calgary Herald",
                "url": "https://calgaryherald.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "696312a1ab5eea6ff2aa9d55fe7e86de",
            "title": "2 charged following East York raid; loaded gun, cocaine seized: Toronto police",
            "description": "Two people from Toronto are each facing several charges following a raid over the weekend in East York.",
            "content": "Two people from Toronto are each facing several charges following a raid over the weekend in East York.\nToronto police said on Saturday officers executed a Criminal Code search warrant at a premises near Cosburn and Woodbine avenues, and allegedly se... [549 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/02/03/2-toronto-residents-facing-several-charges-following-east-york-raid-loaded-gun-cocaine-seized-police/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/HIQDLAMJBZCFPONEJNPBC4OOZI.jpeg?smart=true&auth=2166fef6ecbdd3fc91a0b0797dc6eef535dbb06fadf13c4b17bf3769f419c6e2&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T01:39:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "96782d437f838c179919dce899ec4b73",
            "title": "Calgary man found guilty of tunnelling into upstairs neighbour's apartment",
            "description": "A Calgary man who tunnelled from his apartment to that of his upstairs neighbour last summer has been found guilty of break and enter.",
            "content": "A Calgary man who tunnelled from his apartment to that of his upstairs neighbour last summer has been found guilty of break and enter.\nBen Maize, 47, who was arrested and charged with mischief, and break and enter related to an incident in the summer... [1410 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-man-found-guilty-of-tunnelling-into-upstairs-neighbour-s-apartment-9.7071656",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7631424,1757617448000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1919%2C1079%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T01:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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