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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": 339592,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "edbdacade67679765a357675fb8e3d0b",
            "title": "Canada's Poilievre sweeps Conservative party leadership test with 87.4%",
            "description": "The opposition leader received a strong show of support from party delegates, despite the recent electoral loss against the Liberals.",
            "content": "Pierre Poilievre has cemented his position as Canada's Conservative Party leader, having received a strong endorsement from members despite presiding over recent electoral defeats.\nHe secured 87.4% of votes in the leadership review, held on Friday in... [3729 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c14r1023yy6o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/11e9/live/10b8b0e0-fe55-11f0-a70e-b952f6bd3d91.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T14:45:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "68929c22f0bcdda4d4bc6221256ecd08",
            "title": "‘Canada is not Minnesota,’ minister says in reaction to U.S. immigration raids",
            "description": "Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree defended Canada’s immigration removals as lawful and humane while declining to judge U.S. enforcement actions in Minnesota.",
            "content": "Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he won’t pass judgment on the U.S. crackdown by federal forces in Minnesota that resulted in the deaths of two residents.\nBut he is quick to defend Canada’s respect for the law when removing people from... [4265 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11646619/canada-minnesota-immigration-raids/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/dd7727f7ae4c9f52da14f892771637dfae6120ed6d4d5e7acf97a0c3d2c6142c.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T14:27:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bc5fd30abc0bc8a8cbc9e4ee2447c36e",
            "title": "Un homme de 25 ans poignardé à Montréal dans des circonstances nébuleuses",
            "description": "Les policiers ont découvert un homme de 25 ans poignardé vendredi soir à Montréal dans des circonstances nébuleuses dans le quartier Côte-des-Neiges.",
            "content": "Un jeune homme a été poignardé vendredi soir à Montréal dans des circonstances nébuleuses.\nLe Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) mène une enquête sur cette agression armée.\nC'est un appel au 911, vers 21 h 50, qui a permis aux policiers... [1107 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2224845/homme-25-ans-poignarde-montreal",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/agression-armee-cote-neiges.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T13:58:01Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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