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": 369960,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a79ad650fa6b1bfa19e91c8f0fc8188f",
            "title": "Etobicoke eightplex dispute sparks resident backlash",
            "description": "The planning consultant representing the applicant insists the shift from four to eight units is a response to changing housing needs.",
            "content": "A sprawling residential structure in Etobicoke — stretching more than 100 feet and occupying nearly the entire lot — has become the centre of a heated dispute between neighbours and the developer behind it.\nThe building, located at 63 Station Rd. nea... [2677 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/04/22/etobicoke-eightplex-site-mimico-residents-developer-toronto/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2026/04/22/Etobicoke-eightplex.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T10:44:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "905ce5edc2d22bbfabc18c895d836b8c",
            "title": "Immigrant sentenced to 7 years for sex assaults after fleeing Canada",
            "description": "\"He knew how the Canadian legal system worked and that he would not be held responsible,\" said the decision sentencing him in absentia.",
            "content": "H.B. “used the threat of exposure of intimate photos to engage her in sex against her will; and as a new Canadian, the victim was vulnerable — the offender told her that no one would believe her, that the authorities would not help her, and that he k... [1655 chars]",
            "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/man-who-immigrated-to-canada-fled-the-country-one-day-after-jury-convicted-him-of-sexual-assault",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/courthouse-1-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T10:34:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b21848176ea49868330160a249ef8b6e",
                "name": "National Post",
                "url": "https://nationalpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ddf207fc24172cd9adb8b190b02fc9f8",
            "title": "The union leader, the numbered company and the $4-million house",
            "description": "Carpenters’ Regional Council executive kept in the dark about purchase, source says",
            "content": "A stately 4,400-square-foot house sits on a winding street in Nobleton, Ont., in an enclave of sprawling homes nestled into the farm country north of Toronto.\nThis five-bedroom, five-bathroom property has a nicely landscaped outdoor pool. Its three-c... [9054 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-carpenters-regional-council-union-house-purchase-jason-rowe/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/2CEB54VZQNDXNLTVJT3CM4CHEM.JPG?auth=59e5df1ac3af3977e55669f955aae1b0dcc30aa8ef9b0fee4cfa33941f03fff3&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T10:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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