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": 385882,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "25c6dd4c4fdc04f578391f77e2e7f61f",
            "title": "Toronto police officer accused of sexually assaulting girl",
            "description": "A Toronto police officer is facing half a dozen charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a girl last year.",
            "content": "A Toronto police officer is facing half a dozen charges in connection with the alleged sexual assault of a girl last year.\nThe Special Investigations Unit (SIU) laid the charges against Const. Parsa Hazeri, who was arrested at its headquarters on Thu... [2037 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/06/04/siu-charges-toronto-police-officer-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-girl/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/U22C64JGTBEEPGKAPTWU63LUFA.JPG?smart=true&auth=6b96cbe50935b66b0f83fd9b57dcf6f1cc0faa1a412e1d39a7540e2a079891ce&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T19:38:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "63daffc177e46d9208df7b1ae5cb0e20",
            "title": "Quebec tables expansion of Bill 101 to English adult education",
            "description": "The Quebec government tabled a bill Thursday to expand the province's language regulations to adult and vocational education centres. If the legislation passes into law, students who are not considered part of the province's \"historic anglophone\" community would no longer be able to access English-language education.",
            "content": "The Quebec government tabled a bill Thursday to expand the province's language regulations to adult and vocational education centres.\nIf the Charter of the French Language — commonly known as Bill 101 — is expanded under the new legislation, students... [5462 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-to-table-bill-101-expansion-9.7222320",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8d61f047-8238-4636-ab1e-ddfe6b5d86a3,1780599783464/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T19:32:40Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8c4edab4dc058a4e499af7e858929786",
            "title": "Manitoba won't approve massive AI data centre proposed for south of Winnipeg: Kinew",
            "description": "A large AI data centre pitched for a 141-hectare tract of farmland south of Winnipeg will not go ahead, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says.",
            "content": "A large AI data centre pitched for a 141-hectare tract of farmland south of Winnipeg will not go ahead, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says.\n\"We've taken a look at this project. We've taken a look at AI more broadly — what's happening across North Americ... [4107 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ai-data-centre-manitoba-9.7223138",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/6cc3e6d9-b9e3-4d24-b145-25ae13e7a44c,1780598974915/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%28168%2C8%2C1751%2C984%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-04T19:09:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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