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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": 371348,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3acd8dfdc8823ac373f9d5290443bb66",
            "title": "Les coulisses d’une prévision : le casse",
            "description": "Le système qui balaiera le Québec mardi et mercredi donne du fil à retordre à nos météorologues.",
            "content": "Le système qui balaiera le Québec mardi et mercredi donne du fil à retordre à nos météorologues.\nAvec des températures oscillant autour du point de congélation, particulièrement dans le sud de la province, il est extrêmement difficile de prédire avec... [4048 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.meteomedia.com/fr/nouvelles/meteo/previsions/les-coulisses-dune-prevision-le-casse-tete-du-systeme-de-mardi?_guid_iss_=1",
            "image": "https://images.twnmm.com/c55i45ef3o2a/3nHWXZhwCKYT6HxJxWLqYE/4023edfae94a10b8437f234c9edf855a/COMPLEXE_THUMB.jpg?fm=jpg&q=80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T01:26:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "40fc2d706eace46f75c646fb30e0dd5e",
                "name": "MétéoMédia",
                "url": "https://www.meteomedia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fa76ed7d1ab056f7e5ecfa2c5a4ab1d5",
            "title": "Alberta proposes election blackout on citizen-led referendum questions",
            "description": "Petitions currently completed or underway wouldn't be affected by the two-year blackout period, and corresponding deadlines for holding a referendum would be repealed.",
            "content": "Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is proposing major changes to its law governing citizen-led petitions for the third time in less than a year.\nJustice Minister Mickey Amery introduced Monday a bill that, if passed, would make it impossible... [3085 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11752425/alberta-election-blackout-referendum-questions/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/6b06d0fc8319fe145aaaded9bcd9b4fa175de5dfd5079db963c02a535413d793.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T00:28:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "23e9438abac013de241d4aae92d83476",
            "title": "Edmonton removing all 3 scramble crosswalks along Whyte Avenue",
            "description": "The City of Edmonton is implementing new transit priority measures and that means doing away with the three scramble crosswalks that have existed for five years on Whyte Avenue.",
            "content": "Three scramble crosswalks added nearly five years ago at several of Edmonton’s busiest intersections are being eliminated.\nThose who have walked or driven on Whyte Avenue since 2021 would be used to coming across the three pedestrian scrambles at Gat... [3185 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11752075/whyte-avenue-scramble-crosswalk-removal/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Whyte-Gateway-pedestrian-scramble.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T00:26:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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