
Canada News API
Get the live top headlines from Canada with our JSON API.
Get API key for the Canada News APIAPI 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": 6642132, "articles": [ { "title": "'Energy is Canada's power': New federal energy minister touts past Alberta oilpatch ties", "description": "The new federal energy minister delivered a boisterous speech in support of the country's energy sector on Friday morning, while highlighting his past involvement in the sector and the urgent need to build a variety of new energy projects.", "content": "The new federal energy minister delivered a boisterous speech in support of the country's energy sector on Friday morning, while highlighting his past involvement in the sector and the urgent need to build a variety of new energy projects.\nTim Hodgso... [6791 chars]", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bakx-hodgson-calgary-chamber-oilpatch-1.7541268", "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/1.7542029.1748018323!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_1180/hodgson.jpg?im=Resize%3D620", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T16:49:51Z", "source": { "name": "CBC", "url": "https://www.cbc.ca" } }, { "title": "Measles cases continue to rise in CK", "description": "CK Public Health confirmed 10 new cases of the measles over the last week and is advising the community of two new exposure sites.", "content": "By Tamara Thornton\nChatham-Kent Public Health has confirmed 10 more measles cases between May 13 and May 20, bringing the municipality's total up to 165 cases since the outbreak began last fall.\nThose numbers are expected to rise, as the health unit ... [1148 chars]", "url": "https://cknxnewstoday.ca/chatham/news/2025/05/23/measles-cases-continue-to-rise-in-ck", "image": "https://media.mynewstoday.ca/i/3qo2bn9K", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T16:41:50Z", "source": { "name": "cknxnewstoday.ca", "url": "https://cknxnewstoday.ca" } }, { "title": "Mathieu Darche sera le choix des Islanders comme directeur général", "description": "Selon notre collègue Pierre LeBrun, Mathieu Darche sera le nouveau directeur général des Islanders de New York.", "content": "Selon notre collègue Pierre LeBrun, Mathieu Darche sera le nouveau directeur général des Islanders de New York.\nÂgé de 48 ans, Darche occupait le poste d'assistant au directeur général du Lightning de Tampa Bay Julien BriseBois.\nLe Québécois, qui a d... [1141 chars]", "url": "https://www.rds.ca/hockey/lnh/lnh-mathieu-darche-sera-le-choix-des-islanders-comme-directeur-general-1.20519770", "image": "https://www.rds.ca/content/dam/rds/fr/home/images/2020/11/7/mathieu-darche-1-8345555-1684617389258.jpg", "publishedAt": "2025-05-23T16:33:00Z", "source": { "name": "RDS", "url": "https://www.rds.ca" } } ] }