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": 374024,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "404b191001163dfdc7c02a834cd35480",
            "title": "News - York Regional Police",
            "description": "Whitchurch-Stouffville Man Facing Human Trafficking and Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Material Charges",
            "content": "Investigators with the York Regional Police (YRP) Counter Exploitation Unit have charged a Whitchurch-Stouffville man with human trafficking and child sexual abuse and exploitation material offences in an on-going investigation.\nOn April 1, 2026, the... [1776 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.yrp.ca/en/Modules/News/index.aspx?newsId=ebecab21-d9b9-4505-abe5-a5e71acd5e17",
            "image": "https://www.yrp.ca//en//images/structure/news_avatar.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T14:26:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a7d7d656df3ef358b40bf95f97308132",
                "name": "York Regional Police",
                "url": "https://www.yrp.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7029d0aa3fe3b426d4c6c1757f161ab0",
            "title": "Christine Fréchette promet une baisse d’impôts pour 75 000 PME",
            "description": "La première ministre du Québec, Christine Fréchette, réduira les impôts de 75 000 PME, une mesure qui coûtera 630 millions de dollars sur cinq ans.",
            "content": "La première ministre du Québec, Christine Fréchette, va annoncer en Beauce ce matin des mesures pour aider quelque 75 000 petites et moyennes entreprises (PME).\nMme Fréchette doit donner le détail des nouvelles mesures à 10 h ce matin.\nLe gouvernemen... [3936 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2249944/christine-frechette-baisse-impots-pme-annonce",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/transit/16x9/assemblee-nationale-conference-de-presse-de-christine-frechette-sur-la-photo-gauche-a-droite-christine-frechette-photo-prise-a-lassemblee-nationale-quebec-canada-le-13-avril-2026_04132026-photo--28858.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T14:19:39Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cb49bba13f7e632cab62c0c8fd91949c",
            "title": "Judge demands Indigenous report for man who claims to be Caucasian",
            "description": "Jeremy Kuneyuna — who already has 90 convictions — appeared in court recently to be sentenced for breaking into a hotel.",
            "content": "Article content\nA Yellowknife judge has insisted a man who claimed to be Caucasian get a report meant for Indigenous offenders before he sentences him for breaking into a hotel.\nTHIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS\nEnjoy the latest local, nationa... [4541 chars]",
            "url": "https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/judge-demands-indigenous-sentencing-report-after-offender-claims-hes-caucasian-he-is-plainly-not",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nationalpost/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/cp166312760_299932030.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T11:01:25Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b21848176ea49868330160a249ef8b6e",
                "name": "National Post",
                "url": "https://nationalpost.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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