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": 473572,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5fdec6a274bd8fcf99beae0068543f13",
            "title": "Three Observations from Bayern Munich 1-1 Paris Saint-Germain",
            "description": "FC Bayern played out a slow, disappointing draw to PSG on a big UCL night.",
            "content": "What exactly went wrong here? Where was the Bayern Munich we have seen all season? Paris Saint-Germain just came to the Allianz Arena and controlled the tempo from start to finish, never losing balance for even a second. That should not happen in a C... [5680 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com/bayern-munich-champions-league/199179/bayern-munich-vs-paris-saint-germain-match-observations-analysis-champions-league-harry-kane-michael-olise-vincent-kompany",
            "image": "https://platform.bavarianfootballworks.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2026/05/gettyimages-2274860626.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C11.916250421481%2C100%2C43.939892339563&w=1200",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T02:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b663f164d10009f9456d5c9a5b39423a",
                "name": "Bavarian Football Works",
                "url": "https://www.bavarianfootballworks.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b828f5f162694720b82971670a90ea53",
            "title": "Argentina races to find origins of cruise ship hantavirus outbreak, amid reports some passengers have returned to US",
            "description": "Argentina, where the MV Hondius cruise departed, consistently ranked by WHO as having highest incidence of hantavirus in region",
            "content": "Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise ship, amid reports that a number of passengers have already returned to their home count... [5361 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/argentina-origins-hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-mv-hondius",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/981268b3c5c96853693afeeab94c8736e38b8d2c/565_0_3998_3198/master/3998.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=c5d651a73da1c0a6e78c532ff9f4562d",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T01:54:14Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8835b54d0504b6e599677ca7c1c4527e",
            "title": "RCMP found no evidence of foreign interference in Alberta separatist movement, minister says",
            "description": "Mike Ellis says the update landed before the provincial government learned about an alleged privacy breach",
            "content": "The RCMP has informed the Alberta government that there is no evidence the province’s separatist movement has been subject to foreign interference, according to the minister who oversees policing.\nMike Ellis, Alberta’s Minister for Public Safety and ... [5595 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-rcmp-evidence-foreign-interference-alberta-separatist-movement/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/VTLGUAOH6RC75NGB7XQTEJAWXA.jpg?auth=de5125a01656a1748282618275155637669d0e73927039dcb022551f5751fe29&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-07T01:42:21Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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