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": 563328,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "7df1ffcf71c64a7e5715fb3fd0b34117",
            "title": "The ‘Blaze Star’ Could Explode Tonight - Here’s Where To Look",
            "description": "A star could be about to become visible in the night sky in a once-every-80-years explosion. Here’s how to easily find T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) in the night sky.",
            "content": "Topline\nIf predictions come true, June 25 could see a dim star in the night sky suddenly brighten in a once-every-80-years event. The star, called T Coronae Borealis (T CrB) and nicknamed the “Blaze Star,” is a recurrent nova located about 3,000 ligh... [2818 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2026/06/25/the-blaze-star-could-explode-tonight---heres-where-to-look/",
            "image": "https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6814828a1d4881cbb6ea90a0/0x0.jpg?format=jpg&crop=1477,830,x202,y43,safe&height=900&width=1600&fit=bounds",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T05:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "c4e32b557a3dd75225975f11fb68a3a9",
                "name": "Forbes",
                "url": "https://www.forbes.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "717a9259976d5e30d92989a4784ae5ee",
            "title": "Montréal s’orne de fleurdelisés pour la fête nationale",
            "description": "Le traditionnel défilé de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste ainsi que le Grand spectacle de la fête nationale au parc Maisonneuve étaient de retour.",
            "content": "Sous le son de la musique québécoise, des tambours et des cris de joie, des milliers de Montréalais étaient réunis, mercredi après-midi, dans le secteur de Rosemont–La-Petite-Patrie pour le traditionnel défilé de la fête nationale.\nLe coup d'envoi a ... [4973 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2264117/saint-jean-fete-nationale-defile-montreal",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/defile-sain-jean-baptiste-fete-nationale-montreal.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T04:05:08Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "6bdb8910edd698e3dccaf2d542f6181c",
            "title": "Prime Day : Plus que 2 jours de rabais",
            "description": "Prime Day : Plus que 2 jours de rabais",
            "content": "Offres Prime d’Amazon encore deux jours pour en profiter !\nNotre équipe a soigneusement sélectionné de nouveaux rabais par catégorie afin de dénicher les meilleures offres du jour. Profitez de rabais impressionnants allant de 20 % à 75 % sur une mult... [1892 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.journaldemontreal.com/prime-day-25-juin",
            "image": "https://m1.quebecormedia.com/emp/emp/meilleur_rabais_cuisine_printempsa47722f6-dd77-4849-bccc-fcce703da828_ORIGINAL.jpg?impolicy=crop-resize&x=0&y=1&w=1845&h=1038&width=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-25T03:50:00Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "e2dad1aa0778f548b9d04b731a26082a",
                "name": "Le Journal de Montréal",
                "url": "https://www.journaldemontreal.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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