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": 566772,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "464ce33786872b7d720a64ce9b090eb3",
            "title": "Specialist on James Webb Telescope to present in Nanaimo",
            "description": "Astrophysicist Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette is the only outreach scientist for telescope in Canada",
            "content": "Astrophysicist Nathalie Nguyen-Quoc Ouellette, the only outreach scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope in Canada, will be travelling to Nanaimo to discuss the advanced telescope, the search for alien worlds and her research on galaxy formation... [3980 chars]",
            "url": "https://nanaimobulletin.com/2026/06/20/specialist-on-james-webb-telescope-to-present-in-nanaimo/",
            "image": "https://nanaimobulletin.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/06/42584714_web1_260624-NBU-Astronomy-so_1.jpg?w=1024",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T20:13:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "736d5dbfb5d0db9966204365575918ce",
                "name": "Nanaimo News Bulletin",
                "url": "https://nanaimobulletin.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "460a0b1790d07d35869b7ca8329a80b8",
            "title": "Dozens of homes evacuated as out-of-control wildfire threatens Lytton, B.C.",
            "description": "The residents of 60 properties remain evacuated from their homes on Saturday, as crews battle an out-of-control wildfire burning south of Lytton, B.C.",
            "content": "The residents of 60 properties remain evacuated from their homes on Saturday, as crews battle an out-of-control wildfire burning near Lytton, B.C.\nThe Saw Creek wildfire was first discovered on Friday, about three kilometres south of the village, and... [4724 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lytton-saw-creek-wildfire-evacuations-9.7243091",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/aba7aa29-f68e-4a1d-96b3-723c5ea22009,1781982445174/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C192%2C2048%2C1152%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T18:23:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e8a050b80638640b93fca5e718e33de3",
            "title": "Blake Lively Steps Out Alone in New York Amid Taylor Swift's Bachelorette Buzz",
            "description": "Blake Lively's staying solo this weekend ... hanging out alone while Taylor Swift's surrounded by friends at her Rhode Island home.",
            "content": "Blake Lively's staying solo this weekend ... hanging out alone while Taylor Swift's surrounded by friends at her Rhode Island home.\nPhotogs spotted the \"Gossip Girl\" star walking around Pound Ridge, New York solo -- no friend with whom to gossip -- F... [1473 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tmz.com/2026/06/20/blake-lively-spotted-in-new-york-while-taylor-swift-is-in-rhode-island/",
            "image": "https://imagez.tmz.com/image/2b/16by9/2026/06/20/2b2aebddf92b436d8d3f5863259684ea_xl.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T18:02:17Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3539b82bbf6242ee8b4c1fbed4ea5ec7",
                "name": "TMZ",
                "url": "https://www.tmz.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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