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Canada News API

Get the live top headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

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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": 444826,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "82a32bb702e2c81801e3369ae69ebd48",
            "title": "Calgary dentist guilty of decade-long insurance fraud handed 3-year sentence",
            "description": "Despite an eleventh hour attempt to secure at least a few more weeks of freedom, Calgary dentist Alena Smadych was handed a three-year prison sentence for a decade-long insurance billing fraud.",
            "content": "Despite an eleventh hour attempt to secure at least a few more weeks of freedom, a Calgary dentist was handed a three-year prison sentence for a decade-long insurance billing fraud.\nLast year, Alena Smadych pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 and adm... [3990 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alena-smadych-guilty-fraud-sentence-dentist-insurance-9.7067084",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1.7551272,1764972925779/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%2822%2C70%2C368%2C207%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-29T20:58:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7b2a98aab7543fb1e01a036f5af382c2",
            "title": "Une puissante tempête va frapper la côte est avec 40 cm de neige et des vents de 120 km/h",
            "description": "Après le sud du pays, la côte Est des États-Unis va être frappée par une puissante tempête. Et encore une fois, on pourrait avoir notre part. Mais pour éviter le pire, il y un prix à payer : le froid. Prévision.",
            "content": "Après le sud du pays, la côte Est des États-Unis va être frappée par une puissante tempête. Et encore une fois, on pourrait avoir notre part. Mais pour éviter le pire, il y un prix à payer : le froid. Prévision.\nEn bref:\nUne bombe météo va frapper la... [3295 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.meteomedia.com/fr/nouvelles/meteo/previsions/bombe-meteo-jusqua-40-cm-de-neige-et-vents-de-120-km-h-sur-la-cote?_guid_iss_=1",
            "image": "https://images.twnmm.com/c55i45ef3o2a/70OFlEiLTjV35K4dIDhRtB/fc581a5bfc0f66932d68055c0f5b4c0f/Baron_-_Atlantic_Canada_nor-easter_thumbnail_-_Jan_29.png?fm=jpg&q=80",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-29T20:40:37Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "40fc2d706eace46f75c646fb30e0dd5e",
                "name": "MétéoMédia",
                "url": "https://www.meteomedia.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a7358ff601f99bfcd5151ec3585f451c",
            "title": "Cold warning in effect",
            "description": "A cold warning has been issued for Toronto ahead of what could be the coldest night of the season.",
            "content": "A cold warning has been issued for Toronto ahead of what could be the coldest night of the season.\nEnvironment Canada issued the yellow-level alert Thursday morning for the city and surrounding areas, warning that frostbite can develop “within minute... [3363 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/01/29/cold-warning-issued-for-toronto/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/M7D3VZEJYZBZDMYPZ5QWZQCXUM.JPG?smart=true&auth=bae2e3bd60846cb39c36b09f5c02e553e119f9ab1b839a41d1affc70e65a88da&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-29T19:38:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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