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": 494892,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "9ddc144853b847306a751f6f62f37320",
            "title": "What If the Universe Had No Beginning? Part 4: The Reckoning",
            "description": "No quantum gravity. The wrong peak in the wave function. Boltzmann Babies. Roger Penrose pointing out that the arrow of time was smuggled in through the back door. The no-boundary proposal is beautiful. It is also possibly wrong in many specific ways.",
            "content": "(This is Part 4 of a series on Hawking's no-boundary proposal. Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 first.)\nThere's a reason that while interesting, the Hartle-Hawking no-boundary proposal isn't exactly taught in grade school textbooks yet.\nActually, ther... [6375 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/what-if-the-universe-had-no-beginning-part-4-the-reckoning",
            "image": "https://www.universetoday.com/article_images/penrose_20260515_104922.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T14:15:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "df381b299781bb1310139764e8c4dff0",
                "name": "Universe Today",
                "url": "http://www.universetoday.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "acb0f8b3fb7c6f6e239499d76b5b61fd",
            "title": "After months of waiting, N.L. to release Churchill Falls MOU review",
            "description": "The long-awaited independent review of the Churchill Falls memorandum of understanding is set to be released to the public on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. NT.",
            "content": "The Newfoundland and Labrador government is set to release the long-awaited independent review of the Churchill Falls memorandum of understanding to the public on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. NT.\nOn Tuesday morning, the Canadian Press reported that the comm... [1753 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/churchill-falls-mou-review-9.7203136",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.1875881,1380720080000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1180%2C663%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T13:43:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2433ba4a9c38fdfefda2bb781f3aae9d",
            "title": "Toronto Victoria Day fireworks arrests",
            "description": "Two people who allegedly shot fireworks into a crowd of people during Toronto’s Victoria Day celebrations are facing charges.",
            "content": "Two people who allegedly shot fireworks into a crowd of people during Toronto’s Victoria Day celebrations are facing charges.\nIn a statement to CP24, Toronto police said the two suspects are a male youth and a male in his 20s. Neither has been identi... [477 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/05/19/two-people-arrested-for-shooting-fireworks-at-crowds-during-torontos-victoria-day-celebrations/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/OHCCQUH3GRHYFC6XNB56IEZTWI.jpg?smart=true&auth=7049b395b2282d6066a960142d429e0b1957f8cab12b1dff698f53b62b7daab4&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-19T13:43:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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