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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": 439274,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "80cdf9a2ff2fc30ed5f848642aab8bde",
            "title": "Astronaut and UBC alumna answers questions from space",
            "description": "UBC alumna Jessica Meir has given current students a look at her office — as an astronaut in the orbiting International Space Station.",
            "content": "University of British Columbia alumna Jessica Meir has given current students a look at her office — as an astronaut in the orbiting International Space Station.\nMeir is the commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the station, where she’s livin... [724 chars]",
            "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/03/26/astronaut-and-ubc-alumna-answers-questions-from-space/",
            "image": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/9/2026/03/94213b8132eed0e9d82fbe95993defaf5399cb7edfce57fe06c6e9e5eea89912.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T19:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f02f7ee49c189e36ef9cc6af610da253",
                "name": "CityNews Vancouver",
                "url": "https://vancouver.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4d0372a4eb1bdf458128d35e0f3e0910",
            "title": "Global Fund disease czar warns of limits to shifting foreign aid to private capital",
            "description": "OTTAWA — The head of the world’s major funding mechanism for tackling infectious diseases says the Carney government’s focus on leveraging private capital for aid will have only a limited impact on the world’s most vulnerable people. Peter Sands, executive director of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, also says Canada is […]",
            "content": "OTTAWA — The head of the world’s major funding mechanism for tackling infectious diseases says the Carney government’s focus on leveraging private capital for aid will have only a limited impact on the world’s most vulnerable people.\nPeter Sands, exe... [5028 chars]",
            "url": "https://halifax.citynews.ca/2026/03/26/global-fund-disease-czar-warns-of-limits-to-shifting-foreign-aid-to-private-capital/",
            "image": "https://halifax.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/5/2026/03/ddb85d296f7a869f19a26a93ae2c1ab94175f9104cbf8437c4c7de7cb4cd04ea.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T19:46:36Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b5df96a63eeb53e366132e9394b2a9e1",
                "name": "CityNews Halifax",
                "url": "https://halifax.citynews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d3d8f1212b9b18de8acc6ef29f40585d",
            "title": "Astronaut and UBC alumna answers questions from space",
            "description": "VANCOUVER — University of British Columbia alumna Jessica Meir has given current students a look at her office — as an astronaut in the orbiting International Space Station. Meir is the commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the station, where ...",
            "content": "Mar 26, 2026 | 12:24 PM\nVANCOUVER — University of British Columbia alumna Jessica Meir has given current students a look at her office — as an astronaut in the orbiting International Space Station.\nMeir is the commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 missi... [865 chars]",
            "url": "https://nanaimonewsnow.com/2026/03/26/astronaut-and-ubc-alumna-answers-questions-from-space/",
            "image": "https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wpRssService/imageRedirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmapi.cp.org%2Fasset-photos%2F6b88686e-36ef-4912-a0a9-09b1f9ce7d07%2F94213b8132eed0e9d82fbe95993defaf5399cb7edfce57fe06c6e9e5eea89912.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T19:28:46Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "773d7adcf2671d82582b01466f9c8187",
                "name": "NanaimoNewsNOW",
                "url": "https://nanaimonewsnow.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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