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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 APIAPI 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": 479792,
"articles": [
{
"id": "2d83d7ee32f2b10bbac222ff706679da",
"title": "Portuguese procession goes ahead in Plateau despite secularism controversy",
"description": "The Plateau-Mont-Royal borough denied a permit, citing the new law prohibiting collective religious activities on public property.",
"content": "More than 4,000 people took part in a Portuguese Catholic procession marking the feast of Santo Cristo in Plateau-Mont-Royal on Sunday — despite the fact that the Plateau borough denied a permit for the event, citing a new and expanded provincial sec... [3040 chars]",
"url": "https://montrealgazette.com/news/portuguese-procession-goes-ahead-in-plateau-despite-secularism-controversy/",
"image": "https://montrealgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/0519-city-procession-3749_303205712.jpg",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T18:03:40Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "a27b75f5edcb9a8e875f9905b0f24199",
"name": "Montreal Gazette",
"url": "https://montrealgazette.com"
}
},
{
"id": "e22fff48c6fc06122bae58bc31c30bd6",
"title": "Multi-Day Severe Storm and Tornado Risk Targets Southern Ontario Alongside Summer-Like Heat",
"description": "Southern Ontario is about to get its first real taste of summer weather in 2026, and it’s arriving with a potentially stormy side effect. Temperatures are expected to soar into the upper 20s and even near 30°C in some areas on both Monday and Tuesday as a surge of warm and humid air spreads across",
"content": "Southern Ontario is about to get its first real taste of summer weather in 2026, and it’s arriving with a potentially stormy side effect.\nTemperatures are expected to soar into the upper 20s and even near 30°C in some areas on both Monday and Tuesday... [5418 chars]",
"url": "https://instantweatherinc.com/article/ontario/2026/5/18/thunderstorm",
"image": "http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5a88df206f4ca301c2ced70a/66933f5063afcb4d7d8a78f2/6a0b404a129ba21ca0203667/1779124547160/IW-TSTORM-FORECAST-MAY-18-SON.png?format=1500w",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T17:15:09Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "6b446a05d0045b7c15bfbc0f52760410",
"name": "Instant Weather",
"url": "https://instantweatherinc.com"
}
},
{
"id": "e5abc9c997371976ccd6dc301803042f",
"title": "Renowned Cree cellist and composer Cris Derksen remembered as trailblazer, innovator",
"description": "Cris Derksen, 45, died in a highway crash in northern Alberta. Reports from friends and family say Derksen was fatally injured Friday driving home after attending the funeral of their father in Tallcree First Nation, near Fort Vermilion, Alta.",
"content": "Cris Derksen, a renowned Cree cellist and composer, is being remembered as a trailblazer who served as a pillar of the Indigenous classical music community.\nDerksen, 45, died in a highway crash in northern Alberta. Reports from friends and family say... [5067 chars]",
"url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cris-derksen-obit-9.7203220",
"image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.5621161,1592703794000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C131%2C1400%2C787%29%3BResize%3D620",
"publishedAt": "2026-05-18T17:14:49Z",
"lang": "en",
"source": {
"id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
"name": "CBC",
"url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
}
}
]
}