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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": 7525796,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "169b8653532506ece7d5b842dbbf18eb",
            "title": "Rupert Murdoch attends Windsor Castle dinner thrown for Trump - as the president sues him over Epstein coverage",
            "description": "When President Trump enters St. George’s Hall for the grand finale of his state visit at Windsor Castle Wednesday night, someone he is suing will be seated at the end of the dinner table: Rupert Murdoch.",
            "content": "When President Donald Trump enters St. George’s Hall for the grand finale of his state visit at Windsor Castle Wednesday night, someone he is suing will be seated at the end of the dinner table: Rupert Murdoch.\nMurdoch, a familiar face at state dinne... [2991 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/politics/trump-murdoch-dinner-royal-lawsuit-epstein",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20250718-t-and-m-split-20250917184428079.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2025-09-17T19:00:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com",
                "country": "ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0f9fa04af22e732b93ecd8dac5dc1334",
            "title": "Alberta privacy commissioner raises concerns over citizenship details on driver's licences",
            "description": "Alberta's information and privacy commissioner is questioning the provincial government's plan to include citizenship information on driver's licences.",
            "content": "Alberta's information and privacy commissioner is questioning the provincial government's plan to include citizenship information on driver's licences.\nAt a news conference Monday, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced the province would add citiz... [2830 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-privacy-commissioner-raises-concerns-over-citizenship-details-on-driver-s-licences-1.7636072",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/1.4998111.1758121866!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_1180/diane-mcleod-mckay.jpg?im=Resize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-09-17T18:50:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca",
                "country": "ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d679760fbb7f564c30b2b9f34c48fdee",
            "title": "Labo3R entend célébrer l'univers des superhéros et des BD",
            "description": "La population est conviée à découvrir l'univers fascinant des superhéros, des bandes dessinées et de la science lors de la troisième édition de Labo3R. L'événement familial se tiendra le samedi 20 septembre, de 13h à 17h, au parc Jean-Guy-Talbot.",
            "content": "La population est conviée à découvrir l’univers fascinant des superhéros, des bandes dessinées et de la science lors de la troisième édition de Labo3R. L’événement familial se tiendra le samedi 20 septembre, de 13h à 17h, au parc Jean-Guy-Talbot.\nLab... [697 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lhebdojournal.com/actualites/labo3r-entend-celebrer-lunivers-des-superheros-et-des-bd/",
            "image": "https://www.lhebdojournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2025/09/94ad160764c8628adbbad1v_00235659.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-09-17T18:39:03Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "8dc6e77fba3064ead1c69e1ecf6e32fe",
                "name": "L’Hebdo Journal",
                "url": "https://www.lhebdojournal.com",
                "country": "ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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