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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": 465734,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "302c8fadbe91b7f5498567aac684bf2b",
            "title": "NHL Status Report: Sanderson returns from injury for Senators against Wild",
            "description": "Gauthier questionable for Ducks; Hyman could miss up to 2 weeks for Oilers",
            "content": "Ottawa Senators\nJake Sanderson returned from an upper-body injury on Saturday, a 4-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild. The Senators defenseman had three shots on goal in 24:55 of ice time in his first game since March 7, He has 48 points (11 goals, 37 assi... [4986 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-status-report-news-and-notes-april-4-2026",
            "image": "https://media.d3.nhle.com/image/private/t_ratio16_9-size50/v1775315534/prd/lplg67m1jaqgzbtaohvi.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T20:33:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "8c7d2a077d28a24e16f925a9ca740291",
                "name": "NHL.com",
                "url": "https://www.nhl.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a97ece730ee657ffe3cbcdc014e3bcdf",
            "title": "Gabe Perreault inscrit le premier tour du chapeau de sa carrière",
            "description": "Perreault est devenu la première recrue des Rangers depuis Chris Kreider en 2013 à enfiler trois buts dans une partie.",
            "content": "Le Québécois Gabe Perreault a réussi le premier tour du chapeau de sa carrière dans un gain de 4-1 des Rangers de New York sur les Red Wings de Detroit, samedi.\nPerreault est devenu la première recrue des Rangers depuis Chris Kreider en 2013 à enfile... [1083 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.rds.ca/hockey/lnh/article/le-chapeau-de-gabe-perreault-confirme-les-sabres-et-le-lightning-en-series/",
            "image": "https://www.rds.ca/resizer/v2/MSW5K3MMFFDW5AGQX54J55ZXPU.jpg?smart=true&auth=ce20183ce671565d68a2da770be14e1e6822bf79ccaeb949676f28e7686703b7&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T19:25:09Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "f8f4e5e8c91e665de255923c777c6158",
                "name": "RDS",
                "url": "https://www.rds.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "21056d6a47e702a03ea5706a668aea00",
            "title": "Sabres clinch playoff spot with Red Wings loss, snap NHL's longest drought",
            "description": "For the first time since the 2010-11 season, the Buffalo Sabres are playoff-bound.",
            "content": "Bring on post-season hockey in Buffalo. The Sabres’ playoff drought is finally over.\nFollowing an NHL-record 14 seasons of futility, during which the team finished no better than 19th in the league standings, the Sabres clinched a berth on Saturday w... [3387 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/sabres-clinch-playoff-spot-with-red-wings-loss-snap-nhls-longest-drought/",
            "image": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CP175943774.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-04T19:24:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "46feeb00f639cdb65f2e57274ee65901",
                "name": "Sportsnet",
                "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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