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": 385928,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3504b1b9ab91f6d6af1834a5024f6899",
            "title": "Toddler rescued from Ottawa River, taken to hospital in critical condition: firefighters",
            "description": "A two-year-old child has been taken to hospital in critical condition following a water rescue operation along the Ottawa River, according to a news release from Gatineau Fire Services.",
            "content": "A two-year-old child has been taken to hospital in critical condition following a water rescue operation along the Ottawa River, according to a news release from Gatineau Fire Services.\nOttawa Paramedics confirmed they received the call to assist fir... [759 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/toddler-rescued-from-ottawa-river-taken-to-hospital-in-critical-condition-firefighters-9.7193779",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/e08c07ca-0f39-4d4c-954d-0c2dacc861f1,1778294066771/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C1%2C1200%2C675%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T01:47:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bc83d8ae2803d35119a4838db68328d4",
            "title": "\" Je ne suis pas un sauveur \", dit Alexandre Boulerice",
            "description": "Alexandre Boulerice n’est pas « un sauveur ». Mais l’ex-néo-démocrate, qui veut succéder à Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois dans la circonscription de Gouin, espère aider à la relance du parti de gauche alors qu’il constate un « virage à droite partout en Occident ».",
            "content": "(Québec) Alexandre Boulerice n’est pas « un sauveur ». Mais l’ex-néo-démocrate, qui veut succéder à Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois dans la circonscription de Gouin, espère aider à la relance du parti de gauche alors qu’il constate un « virage à droite partout... [1971 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2026-05-08/congres-de-quebec-solidaire/je-ne-suis-pas-un-sauveur-dit-alexandre-boulerice.php",
            "image": "https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/61c13ae5a59d38669258905b433f8f89.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T01:19:59Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "9929f9b2d4820f4ed54220376fab7d4c",
                "name": "La Presse",
                "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "802a42f71186c388186a2303dd11023b",
            "title": "Assouplissements environnementaux : Carney \" va plus loin \" que Harper, dit Guilbeault",
            "description": "Les controversés assouplissements aux règles environnementales pour accélérer les projets vont « plus loin » que sous les conservateurs, dit l'ex-ministre.",
            "content": "Annoncé vendredi en catimini, le projet de réforme du premier ministre Mark Carney pour accélérer encore plus de grands projets passe mal auprès des écologistes, de certains Autochtones et même du député libéral Steven Guilbeault, qui constate que so... [5719 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2252629/carney-harper-examen-grands-projets",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/carney-keystone-xl-south-bow-trump-secret-pipeline-37363.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-09T00:36:55Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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