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": 374092,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "2930b758ba8187db3ab6414ffdde09d7",
            "title": "Deux fois plus de dérogations que chez les filles",
            "description": "Ils sont plus turbulents. Moins attentifs. Plus impulsifs. Moins matures.",
            "content": "Ils sont plus turbulents. Moins attentifs. Plus impulsifs. Moins matures.\nParlez-en aux enseignantes du préscolaire : dès qu’ils font leurs premiers pas dans le système d’éducation, les garçons accusent un retard sur les filles sur le plan des aptitu... [7795 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/education/faut-il-retarder-l-entree-a-l-ecole-des-garcons/2026-04-19/deux-fois-plus-de-derogations-que-chez-les-filles.php",
            "image": "https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/c19eba17fc4e3fa98da98f59338528e7.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "9929f9b2d4820f4ed54220376fab7d4c",
                "name": "La Presse",
                "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f8229c5fef3f22783ba2c71eeef919d1",
            "title": "Public grocery stores are having a moment. Can they really make food more affordable?",
            "description": "From Toronto to New York City, politicians want to tackle rising food costs with government-run grocery stores. Politicians championing the plan say these stores would sell staple items at lower prices than private grocery stores. But critics say the idea is half-baked and will only waste public money.",
            "content": "From Toronto to New York City, politicians want to tackle rising food costs with government-run grocery stores.\nIn the model announced by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city would cover construction expenses as well as rent and property taxe... [6118 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/public-grocery-stores-9.7168321",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/cc59e371-570d-43e2-bf26-2744974fe99c,1776463506738/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C450%2C8640%2C4860%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fd0e54424a0c4ddf52b1cb5044061861",
            "title": "La carte électorale du Québec provoque un débat pancanadien",
            "description": "Trois provinces – l'Ontario, l'Alberta et la Saskatchewan – se prononceront sur le sujet la semaine prochaine devant la Cour suprême.",
            "content": "L'Ontario, l'Alberta et la Saskatchewan appuient le procureur général du Québec (PGQ) dans sa bataille pour faire annuler le redécoupage des circonscriptions de la province, qui devrait entrer en vigueur à la mi-juillet, à temps pour les élections gé... [3779 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2246908/redecoupage-carte-electorale-quebec",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/carte-electorale-du-quebec-41886.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-19T08:00:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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