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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": 324898,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "ff6f933d43d4a1d1971ec665d5bfc2fe",
            "title": "Brant County resident charged after hit-and-run that killed cyclist",
            "description": "Brant County resident charged in connection with hit-and-run collision that killed cyclist",
            "content": "An Brant County man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run collision that killed a cyclist in Glen Morris.\nThe 65-year-old accused is charged with fail to stop at an accident resulting in death.\nMembers of the Brant OPP, along with Brant-B... [1119 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/cyclist-killed-in-hit-and-run-collision-in-brant-county",
            "image": "https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/nexus/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/12669338-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-2-1-2-1-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T02:20:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ca17803163adf03884b595c04c6ae9fa",
                "name": "Brantford Expositor",
                "url": "https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f636524a3206f097d5995ea2a23832e5",
            "title": "1 arrested, another wanted after driver flees traffic stop in Toronto’s King West area: police",
            "description": "One man is under arrest, while another is at-large, after a driver allegedly fled a traffic stop and crashed into four other vehicles in Toronto’s King West area.",
            "content": "One man is under arrest, while another is at-large, after a driver allegedly fled a traffic stop and crashed into four other vehicles in Toronto’s King West area.\nToronto police said on Sept. 21 at about 1:45 a.m. they pulled over a vehicle near King... [1620 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/01/12/1-man-arrested-another-wanted-after-driver-flees-traffic-stop-in-torontos-king-west-area-crashes-into-4-vehicles-police/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/3BGXEIKY4JCPDLDZIKLLXLEYNE.jpeg?smart=true&auth=d3ca935492fd11ad29b3821a7d71d0c5bb7302c767c2830a29a91c4d2c1ac411&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T02:03:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a7191c72ee9321a2c71983e28d8fbca5",
            "title": "Salt used to keep winter roads safe is also endangering municipal water systems",
            "description": "Every year, Canada scatters around seven million tonnes of sodium chloride on public roads",
            "content": "If all goes according to plan, Calgarians will be able to return to their bathrooms this week without worrying that a simple flush of the toilet could push the city’s ailing water system toward another catastrophe.\nFor nearly two weeks, residents hav... [6122 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-salt-winter-roads-endangering-municipal-water-systems/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/4COTLZ4ZPNGWZDPRVLNPZRKI64.JPG?auth=3167510b8a2827664e9949740c91e2b65b07b8f53333410ea9872c6775ca7ac5&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-12T00:36:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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