Canada Nation News API

Get the live top nation headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

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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": 377112,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "40b0a1a6c88fd74b241d647c308c0d25",
            "title": "My family of five tried to cut out ultraprocessed foods for a week. Here’s what we learned",
            "description": "We know these foods are bad for us. But eliminating them from our diets is easier said than done",
            "content": "Let me tell you about a random Wednesday in March when I tried to feed my family of five a dinner free of ultraprocessed foods.\nMy plan was to make a big batch of beef meatballs from scratch. I had hoped to do this three days earlier, on Sunday, the ... [18116 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ultraprocessed-foods-diet-grocery-cooking-canada-nova/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/DWXELIJ74JCLXKOHL4JSDHFQUE.jpg?auth=8b7b68c34ca7994644d7d2df3827dc26a6bc3914ce93447442fe6071ce86a9da&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T09:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e6de77e39f9afc5cdd7478b8e883ca82",
            "title": "Driver Involved in Crash on TCH Was Under Medical Suspension: RCMP",
            "description": "RCMP say the driver of a car involved in a collision that resulted in a traffic disruption on the Trans Canada...",
            "content": "RCMP say the driver of a car involved in a collision that resulted in a traffic disruption on the Trans Canada was medically suspended from operating a vehicle.\nThe car collided with a transport truck on the Trans Canada about 1 km west of the Little... [526 chars]",
            "url": "https://vocm.com/2026/05/08/driver-involved-in-crash-on-tch-was-under-medical-suspension-rcmp/",
            "image": "https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/900/files/2026/05/whitbourne-crash.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T09:26:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e1f7b8d1fbe1f1a390d9ca6465745832",
                "name": "VOCM",
                "url": "https://vocm.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0dbfec597fa6dce13a71f54e1784b2d5",
            "title": "Massive solar farm proposal promises 150 MW of clean energy",
            "description": "A partnership between a global energy company and the North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council is planning a 150-megawatt solar farm on 400 hectares of land in southeastern New Brunswick. The project would be the biggest solar farm in New Brunswick and one of the biggest in Canada.",
            "content": "When Saint John Energy announced plans for a 10-megawatt solar farm last summer, the project was billed as the biggest solar project in New Brunswick.\nBut a new project announced last week plans to top that, by a factor of 15.\nThe Cookville Solar Pro... [3508 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/massive-solar-farm-promises-150mw-clean-energy-9.7191475",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/fc66b8c8-dca8-4c92-847b-c823c3d47987,1778178179234/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C93%2C1322%2C743%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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