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": 479786,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "6f2038b1e0ef2b5875ef86706f20dc08",
            "title": "How to watch, lineup notes, and storylines",
            "description": "The Sabres visit Montreal looking to force a Game 7.",
            "content": "MONTREAL – The Buffalo Sabres will play to keep their season alive when they visit the Montreal Canadiens for Game 6 of their second-round playoff series at Bell Centre on Saturday at 8 p.m.\nThe Sabres trail the best-of-seven series 3-2 after droppin... [1873 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nhl.com/sabres/news/how-to-watch-buffalo-sabres-montreal-canadiens-game-6",
            "image": "https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_ratio16_9-size50/prd/jzjcey14tcu5xx9wo8j0.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-17T00:34:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c7d2a077d28a24e16f925a9ca740291",
                "name": "NHL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nhl.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9bd6386c6de5390e0eb1fb66c58604af",
            "title": "La police est forcée d'intervenir avant le match du Canadien et les détails sont révélés",
            "description": "La police de Montréal est forcée d'intervenir, en prévision du match entre le Canadien de Montréal et les Sabres de Buffalo.",
            "content": "La police de Montréal est forcée d'intervenir, en prévision du match entre le Canadien de Montréal et les Sabres de Buffalo.\nC'est important de partager le message.\nLe SPVM a publié un avertissement officiel aux fans concernant les comportements à ad... [1471 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.marqueur.com/news/index.php?no=587180",
            "image": "https://i.marqueur.com/habsetlnh/i/photo/666285.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T23:15:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "3e06ec67e5748c2dae227d47156d883f",
                "name": "Marqueur.com",
                "url": "https://www.marqueur.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "656757fc3867d5f9f6e0ff8035320b58",
            "title": "Bulgaria wins its 1st Eurovision final over Israel in politically clouded song contest",
            "description": "Bulgaria has won the 70th Eurovision song contest with singer Dara's party anthem Bangaranga, beating 24 other competitors during Saturday's grand final in Vienna. Israeli's Noam Bettan came in second after the contest faced protests against the country's participation.",
            "content": "Bulgaria has won the 70th Eurovision song contest with singer Dara's party anthem Bangaranga.\nDara beat 24 other competitors during Saturday's grand final in Vienna.\nThe song's infectious beats and tightly choreographed dance routine was a hit with b... [4885 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/bulgaria-wins-eurovision-song-contest-bangaranga-9.7202599",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8ff4a0e5-a934-4e80-9266-8856c2b32825,1778973910310/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C95%2C4188%2C2355%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-16T23:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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