Flag of Canada

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": 418688,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aaa5cc25656998b6936d59a44881eaef",
            "title": "2026 Winter Olympics Day 9 recap: Kingsbury claims Canada's first gold medal of Milan Games, as men's hockey team destroys France",
            "description": "Day 9 of the 2026 Winter Olympics has been grand with Mikaël Kingsbury claiming Canada's first gold of the Games and the men's hockey team destroying France",
            "content": "Day 9 of the of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Sunday is already off to a flying start.\nIn his Olympic swan song, Canadian Mikaël Kingsbury won the men's dual moguls event in freestyle skiing for the nation's first gold medal of these Games.... [7422 chars]",
            "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com/2026-winter-olympics-day-9-recap-kingsbury-claims-canadas-first-gold-medal-of-milan-games-as-mens-hockey-team-destroys-france-111340609.html",
            "image": "https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/dRSAbRKK_1OpLQr.sFXLqA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-uploaded-images/2026-02/ff7b4d10-0a9d-11f1-a757-4a312fe47799",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T21:09:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a2b63f17a2f88eb6115cf6b743dcd1e5",
                "name": "Yahoo News Canada",
                "url": "https://ca.news.yahoo.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a15b4f4a11f7f0c5ff0045519c34b05d",
            "title": "Brad Jacobs améliore sa récolte",
            "description": "L’équipe canadienne de Brad Jacobs a vaincu le quatuor chinois de Xiaoming Xu 6-3, dimanche, en curling masculin aux Jeux olympiques de Milan-Cortina.",
            "content": "Suivez les Jeux olympiques de Milan-Cortina en direct sur nos différentes plateformes\nTABLEAU DES MÉDAILLES| SECTION SPÉCIALE| HORAIRE DE DIFFUSION\nL’équipe canadienne de Brad Jacobs a vaincu le quatuor chinois de Xiaoming Xu 6-3, dimanche, en curlin... [2731 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rds.ca/jeux-olympiques/article/une-4e-victoire-pour-lequipe-canadienne-de-brad-jacobs-en-curling-masculin/",
            "image": "https://www.rds.ca/resizer/v2/E6LL4RGLH5ADTB6CVZCILP2M5E.jpg?smart=true&auth=0f4743abef46229d63b84da2563fb5d7ee9cf261486502cce9adc50c3dcf02f1&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T21:09:16Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8f4e5e8c91e665de255923c777c6158",
                "name": "RDS",
                "url": "https://www.rds.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3cdcb839263e2ecf239461b35f03f692",
            "title": "Crosby sets record, Wilson drops the gloves as Canada thumps France at Olympics",
            "description": "Sidney Crosby has yet another accolade beside his name. The Canadian hockey icon registered a goal and two assists Sunday in a 10-2 dismantling of France as the country finished with a perfect record in the preliminary round of the men's tournament at the Milano-Cortina Olympics.",
            "content": "Sidney Crosby has yet another accolade beside his name.\nThe Canadian hockey icon registered a goal and two assists Sunday in a 10-2 dismantling of France as the country finished with a perfect record in the preliminary round of the men's tournament a... [5670 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/hockey/olympics-mens-hockey-canada-france-february-15-9.7090903",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/3963eb89-be73-47bf-8a9a-007c2d830ec9,1771187284805/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C491%2C2487%2C1398%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-15T20:48:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

Categories