Canada News API

Get the live top headlines from Canada with our JSON 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": 448848,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "debde3a3d3ccf86863c8d98c593a731e",
            "title": "Infectious disease data safe from cyberattack, Ontario public health unit says",
            "description": "Lakelands Public Health says systems that houses infectious disease and other sensitive data are safe after a cyberattack late last month.",
            "content": "Lakelands Public Health says systems that house infectious disease and other sensitive data are safe after a cyberattack late last month.\nThe public health unit that serves residents of Kawartha Lakes, Haliburton, Northumberland and Peterborough said... [1155 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11650844/lakelands-public-health-cyberattack/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/5fcddb4cbdcdc978f0204a1e38a96d074b0131d9c67fcfb2f639567acb67f122.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T19:54:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "ffb333c547d6398da2e62aae7d8c74e2",
            "title": "Nouveaux financements des IRSC",
            "description": "Deux équipes de l’UQAM reçoivent des fonds totalisant près de 2 M $ pour des projets en santé.",
            "content": "Le professeur du Département des sciences de l’activité physique Gilles Gouspillou et la professeure du Département de psychologie Marie-France Marin ont reçu des fonds des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC) dans le cadre du Concours Su... [5207 chars]",
            "url": "https://actualites.uqam.ca/2026/nouveaux-financements-des-irsc/",
            "image": "https://actualites.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/gettyimages-1185128095-w2-1024x683.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T19:31:38Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "8815c3f3952208b2dedd98d326e4cb58",
                "name": "UQAM",
                "url": "https://actualites.uqam.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8a47c52f19e4ecab118ebd24a975560e",
            "title": "McGill: un laboratoire d’intervention pour se préparer aux futures pandémies",
            "description": "Actualités Économiques, Bourse et Finances",
            "content": "L’Université McGill lance officiellement mardi un nouveau laboratoire d’intervention pour mieux se préparer à une prochaine pandémie et autres situations d’urgences, comme les catastrophes climatiques et les guerres.\nLe Pandemic and Emergency Readine... [3177 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lesaffaires.com/secteurs/general/mcgill-un-laboratoire-dintervention-pour-se-preparer-aux-futures-pandemies/",
            "image": "https://shared-dev-lesaffaires.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2026/02/d134be343ab3609ecf145951d465d5558d46f5d942b303be0e42a9f7d23e1df0-e1770145487502.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-03T19:17:55Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "26ae7f8bdb890d156439452f46a1b4fd",
                "name": "Les Affaires",
                "url": "https://www.lesaffaires.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}
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