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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": 435334,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "444f58f7510af0e99614a43ae07722f2",
            "title": "Astronomy experiences during Glasnost & Perestroika",
            "description": "Some fond memories from my trips to Soviet observatories. By Tony Moffat – WestmountMag.ca",
            "content": "Some fond memories from my trips to Soviet observatories\nBy Tony Moffat\nAt 83 years, I am still a fairly active astronomy researcher, mainly from home, now in the LIZ just outside Westmount, even 18 years into retirement. The excitement of everything... [11256 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.westmountmag.ca/my-astronomy-experience-during-glasnost-and-perestroika/",
            "image": "https://www.westmountmag.ca/wp-content/uploads/soviet-experience-cathedral_1048.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T21:21:13Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "6af311ffc104052b561f8208e5a54618",
                "name": "Westmount Magazine",
                "url": "https://www.westmountmag.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "652582ab5ac5ce3d7099e74c1dedb45e",
            "title": "Le sexe dans l’espace : comme sur la Terre, apesanteur en plus",
            "description": "Écoutez l’extrait de l’émission Le 15-18 : Le sexe dans l’espace : comme sur la Terre, apesanteur en plus",
            "content": "Pensez-y : les missions spatiales sont marquées par un grand isolement et l’intimité y est restreinte au maximum.\nEt on vole dans l’atmosphère pendant de longues périodes.\nLes astronautes traversent de grandes périodes d’émotivité lors de ces mission... [377 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-15-18/segments/rattrapage/2321710/science-avec-charles-tisseyre-sexe-dans-espace",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/v1/audio/generateur-images/16x9/ohdio-gi-le1518-astronautes-tisseyre.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T20:42:27Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8c1e2e0194be102282570fa449b40920",
            "title": "NASA targeting no earlier than April 1 to send astronauts around the moon in Artemis II mission",
            "description": "After several delays to the mission that will take four astronauts around the moon, NASA held a press conference today announcing that Artemis II is on track to launch as early as April 1.",
            "content": "After several delays to the mission that will take four astronauts around the moon, NASA held a press conference today announcing that Artemis II is on track to launch as early as April 1.\n\"At the conclusion of the FRR, all the teams polled go to lau... [2384 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/nasa-artemisii-update-9.7125793",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/99628b7c-0f52-4241-a269-90cdbeab2b8c,1765987107012/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C100%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-12T20:14:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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