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": 375162,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "cb245d21fb83e2bd4740d4e19ce3f1ea",
            "title": "Police incident at Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain Station",
            "description": "1130 NewsRadio has received reports of a police incident at the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain Station in Vancouver on Saturday.",
            "content": "1130 NewsRadio has received multiple reports of a police incident at the Joyce-Collingwood SkyTrain Station in Vancouver on Saturday.\nImages from the scene, provided by residents in the neighbourhood, show police cruisers and ambulances located at th... [602 chars]",
            "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/04/25/police-incident-at-joyce-collingwood-skytrain-station/",
            "image": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2026/04/25/EWP-20260425_182442_0866-X-T5-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T02:37:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f02f7ee49c189e36ef9cc6af610da253",
                "name": "CityNews Vancouver",
                "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5ac2721c4199bda9885b33b99e7d71a4",
            "title": "Manitoba to ban social media, AI chatbots for youth, premier says",
            "description": "Manitoba will ban youth from using social media and AI chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew announced on Saturday. The proposed law protecting youth from the harmful effects of social media will be the first of its kind in Canada.",
            "content": "Manitoba will ban youth from using social media and AI chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew announced on Saturday.\nThe proposed law protecting youth from the harmful effects of social media will be the first of its kind in Canada.\nThe premier said the platfor... [3471 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-social-media-age-restrictions-9.7177470",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/83690e22-ac5d-4c01-96ac-6e45d3770935,1777171500683/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C285%2C5472%2C3078%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T02:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "698c3f705f854ffe20e9eb686deee591",
            "title": "Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac : des résidents toujours à risque malgré la nouvelle digue",
            "description": "Malgré la construction d'une nouvelle digue au coût de 55 millions de dollars, des résidents pourraient se retrouver une fois de plus en zones inondables.",
            "content": "Alors que des crues printanières s'abattent sur plusieurs municipalités de la province, la Ville de Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac tente de mettre les inondations d'avril 2019 derrière elle. Cependant, les résidents retiennent leur souffle, car, malgré la ... [4501 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2249072/sainte-marthe-lac-digue-zone-inondable-inondations",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/sainte-marthe-sur-le-lac-digue-21112.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-25T23:35:40Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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