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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": 369242,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e99ce2080e005a8f0950f454657df5dc",
            "title": "Carney breaks down plans to spend $51B on local infrastructure over a decade",
            "description": "Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government has a plan to address infrastructure gaps across Canada with billions of dollars in funding over the coming decade.",
            "content": "The federal government will address infrastructure gaps across Canada with billions of dollars in funding over the coming decade, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday at a news conference in Brampton, Ont.\nCarney used the event to break down ho... [2823 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-local-infrastructure-budget-9.7155039",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/4bf425df-c915-4f4d-97eb-bc4761d40292,1775581838271/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C292%2C5591%2C3144%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T19:55:06Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "990e03899545d79cdc24f7d6fd51aa37",
            "title": "\" J’ai essayé de rester \", admet François Legault",
            "description": "Le 32e premier ministre du Québec, qui aura dirigé la province pendant sept ans et demi, dresse le bilan de son mandat en entrevue avec Patrice Roy.",
            "content": "François Legault assure qu’il ne mentait pas lorsqu’il disait vouloir briguer un troisième mandat à la tête du gouvernement, avant que les sondages, cruels, ne l’incitent à annoncer son départ, en janvier. Serein, le premier ministre démissionnaire e... [4114 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2244289/francois-legault-entrevue-patrice-roy",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/transit/16x9/entrevue-de-patrice-roy-avec-le-premier-ministre-du-quebec-francois-legault-sur-la-photo-patrice-roy-avec-le-premier-ministre-du-quebec-francois-legault-photo-prise-au-cafe-le-parvis-a-montreal--50542.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T19:11:19Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d0b033469ac6e49123396dc253a737bf",
            "title": "City councillor pushes for downtown public washroom plan",
            "description": "Somerset Coun. Ariel Troster says public urination and defecation is becoming an increasingly serious issue downtown",
            "content": "An Ottawa city councillor is asking for a downtown public washroom plan and contending with a previously approved washroom facing cost overruns.\nSomerset ward Coun. Ariel Troster was behind a motion that passed at council's finance and corporate serv... [1661 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-downtown-public-washroom-plan-2026-9.7155193",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.2649082,1720060199000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C851%2C478%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T19:09:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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