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Canada News API

Get the live top 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=general&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 437504,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "3a2efd094260de869d75b0526befe4f0",
            "title": "Canada routs Slovakia to advance to semifinals at World Juniors",
            "description": "Canada scored five times in the opening period and never looked back as they cruised to a 7-1 victory over Slovakia in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Juniors on Friday night.",
            "content": "Canada scored five times in the opening period and never looked back as they cruised to a 7-1 victory over Slovakia in the quarter-finals of the 2026 World Juniors on Friday night.\nCole Reschny, Tij Iginla, Michael Misa, Sam O’Reilly, Brady Martin, P... [939 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tsn.ca/hockey-canada/article/canada-routs-slovakia-to-advance-to-semi-finals-at-world-juniors/",
            "image": "https://www.tsn.ca/resizer/v2/XP45HEAXWJGNBFZKTC2ALOYXQI.JPG?smart=true&auth=c1043eb3c1c2ece6dae2700b8765cd8fd5144e2fd7ac0e74f64c9ee5190bbc35&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-03T04:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "83ec652de04269e0242e0ec8be47a101",
                "name": "TSN",
                "url": "https://www.tsn.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2bed833388b7b64d55001b17a6247aec",
            "title": "Drake faces U.S. lawsuit over ties to online gambling firm, scheme to inflate streams",
            "description": "The Toronto rapper has been named as part of a proposed U.S. class-action lawsuit that alleges he and others used proceeds from a gambling website to \"obscure transmissions of money,\" which were then used to artificially inflate his streaming music play counts.",
            "content": "Drake is facing another legal battle in 2026.\nThe Toronto rapper has been named as part of a proposed U.S. class-action lawsuit that alleges he, and other individuals, used proceeds from a gambling website to \"obscure transmissions of money,\" which w... [2180 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/drake-class-action-lawsuit-illegal-gambling-company-9.7032546",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/76a9b698-e004-499d-a4f3-02fd5c4ef5e2,1767405801710/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C153%2C5000%2C2812%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-03T02:33:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "5c6ed65dcd9ffb85f25e17e257a6016a",
            "title": "Finland upsets defending-champion USA in quarters at WJC",
            "description": "Arttu Valola scored at 2:11 of overtime and Finland stunned the two-time defending champion United States 4-3 on Friday night in the world junior hockey quarterfinals.",
            "content": "ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Arttu Valola scored at 2:11 of overtime and Finland stunned the two-time defending champion United States 4-3 on Friday night in the world junior hockey quarterfinals.\nMichigan State’s Lee Ryker tied it for the United States wi... [1692 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tsn.ca/world-juniors/article/finland-downs-us-in-quarters-at-wjc/",
            "image": "https://www.tsn.ca/resizer/v2/5OOTU5Q27VDCXDOWXFM5U3EQNU.jpg?smart=true&auth=4cc47854230a973463b7620e4abdf9f827caf29ef7d63475c982c4df920648b6&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-03T01:41:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "83ec652de04269e0242e0ec8be47a101",
                "name": "TSN",
                "url": "https://www.tsn.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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