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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": 455736,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "d213cb6cd9836f2cc6cbdcb29c580a9f",
            "title": "Two SFU faculty appointed to the Order of Canada",
            "description": "Two members of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology have been honoured as members of the Order of Canada. Barry Truax, professor emeritus in the School of Communication and John Willinksy, university research associate in the publishing program, have been recognized for their contributions to acoustic communication and public access to research, respectively.",
            "content": "Two members of Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology have been honoured as members of the Order of Canada.\nBarry Truax, professor emeritus in the School of Communication and John Willinksy, university research associa... [3234 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2026/02/two-faculty-appointed-to-the-order-of-canada-for-pioneering-cont.html",
            "image": "https://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/sfunews/files/2026/Spring/SFUNews_Order_of_Canada_Barry_Truax_John_Willinsky.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T00:23:23Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "5f610ff5656da4c429329c09e034f352",
                "name": "Simon Fraser University",
                "url": "https://www.sfu.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "71dc6906374e33e2a4bffe236ce66b28",
            "title": "Thousands may have been exposed to measles at Brandon Ag Days event, province warns",
            "description": "Thousands of people who attended what's touted as Canada's largest indoor farm show this year may have been exposed to measles, Manitoba public health officials warn.",
            "content": "Thousands of people who attended what's touted as Canada's largest indoor farm show this year may have been exposed to measles, Manitoba public health officials warn.\nAnyone who went to this year's Ag Days in Brandon, Man., or visited hotels, restaur... [2027 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ag-days-brandon-measles-exposure-9.7078546",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7087052,1705533220000/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C6000%2C3375%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T00:22:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "89bf5e5c28c4a2018cb7025e6b448c72",
            "title": "4 people have died from eating death cap mushrooms as they spread in California after rains",
            "description": "Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter.",
            "content": "Four people have died and three others have required liver transplants after eating the aptly named death cap mushroom that is proliferating in California following a rainy winter.\nThe California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid ... [4098 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/06/health/california-death-cap-mushrooms",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26037850116640-20260206235537717.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T00:05:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "cnn.com",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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