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Canada News API

Get the live top headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

Get API key for the Canada 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 400736,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "95f319f24af8df87edf0c51beead84af",
            "title": "McGill study finds breathing practices can help those living with dementia",
            "description": "A new study from McGill University has found that breathing practices can help reduce mental health symptoms in those living with cognitive decline or dementia. Researchers reportedly looked into several non-pharmacological interventions, such as mindfulness, meditation, yoga, tai chi and other breathing practices, and found that strategies such as keeping sessions under an hour, recruiting […]",
            "content": "A new study from McGill University has found that breathing practices can help reduce mental health symptoms in those living with cognitive decline or dementia.\nResearchers reportedly looked into several non-pharmacological interventions, such as min... [1261 chars]",
            "url": "https://montreal.citynews.ca/2026/03/04/mcgill-study-finds-breathing-practices-can-help-those-living-with-dementia/",
            "image": "https://montreal.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/19/2020/02/yogaclass.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-05T00:44:38Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "195fa0cb5fce8f9cfcd06cf293a4c16a",
                "name": "CityNews Montreal",
                "url": "https://montreal.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "17fa451a103392f85e1ee353cb0c3361",
            "title": "Thousands take to streets to protest cuts to N.S. arts grants",
            "description": "About 2,000 people gathered outside Province House in Halifax to let the Houston government know cuts to arts, tourism, culture and heritage sectors would cause irreparable harm to their industries.",
            "content": "About 2,000 people gathered outside Province House in Halifax on Wednesday to let the Houston government know grant cuts to Nova Scotia's arts, tourism, culture and heritage sectors would cause irreparable harm, but the premier says his government in... [3910 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/budget-culture-heritage-arts-grant-cuts-protest-9.7114664",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/5fcaec11-a8c4-4075-af30-ff4c614e54bf,1772650992408/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C338%2C4032%2C2268%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T22:14:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "496c1d65b2e3eff2ec233e5101ea5e38",
            "title": "Toronto Public Health reporting measles exposure at Pearson Airport",
            "description": "Toronto Public Health is warning residents of measles exposure after a confirmed case traveled through Pearson Airport.",
            "content": "Toronto Public Health is warning residents of measles exposure after a confirmed case traveled through Pearson Airport.\nThe person with measles traveled from Guatemala City to San Salvador on Avianca Flight AV570 on Feb. 21 and from San Salvador to T... [672 chars]",
            "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/03/04/toronto-public-health-reporting-measles-exposure-at-pearson-airport/",
            "image": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/10/2025/08/01/measles-hand-Flickr-1024x576-1.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-04T21:48:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c73f7864450c9f68355c88a2e332225c",
                "name": "CityNews Toronto",
                "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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