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": 377814,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "642285411b7c5f8357a8c1d3d401afcd",
            "title": "'Hearts are broken': OPP officer killed in highway crash",
            "description": "UPDATE 8:40 p.m. Sgt. Brandon Malcolm was a young and respected member of the Ontario Provincial Police whose life was \"taken far too soon\" while on duty in a highway crash east of Toronto, said Commissioner Thomas Carrique on Monday.",
            "content": "'Hearts are broken'\nUPDATE 8:40 p.m.\nSgt. Brandon Malcolm was a young and respected member of the Ontario Provincial Police whose life was \"taken far too soon\" while on duty in a highway crash east of Toronto, said Commissioner Thomas Carrique on Mon... [1210 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.castanet.net/news/Canada/611325/-Hearts-are-broken-OPP-officer-killed-in-highway-crash",
            "image": "https://www.castanet.net/content/2026/4/9322534be5e2482009b28bb4bc9c776c7c2ea807874be47219332191f0322a5d.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T03:40:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "628ae4115a279de4cd0f849291206a3c",
                "name": "Castanet",
                "url": "https://www.castanet.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "485e9e1bac0fe0a2923cfcf6eef13331",
            "title": "No one hurt after lithium-ion battery fire erupts in downtown Toronto",
            "description": "Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop says he’s “grateful” no one was hurt after after a lithium-ion battery fire erupted on Monday in downtown Toronto.",
            "content": "Toronto Fire Chief Jim Jessop says he’s “grateful” no one was hurt after after a lithium-ion battery fire erupted on Monday in downtown Toronto.\nThe fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. at a high-rise apartment building in the St. Jamestown neighbourhood,... [545 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/04/28/fire-chief-grateful-no-one-hurt-after-lithium-ion-battery-fire-breaks-out-in-downtown-toronto/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/K5VC5WBNORAZDBF6TS63XN2FDI.jpg?smart=true&auth=36fc99a1076b06261fd4eabd868065ad7dae7f613864155be2832446437acc1e&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T02:35:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f5ae2b709031114a61225923470f5fca",
            "title": "Man injured in North York shooting",
            "description": "A man has been injured in a shooting in North York Monday night.",
            "content": "An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer has died after crashing while operating a police motorcycle on Highway 401 in Cobourg Monday evening. Provincial police say they called to the highway near...\nFor decades, Canada has sold itself as a multicu... [356 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/04/27/shooting-north-york-grandravine-keele/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2026/04/27/IMG_1316-scaled.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-28T02:31:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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