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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": 433294,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "eef1a4cd744dbb52127eef22b5e59cdd",
            "title": "Jennifer Lopez Celebrates Twins Turning 18 With Emotional Post",
            "description": "Jennifer Lopez's twins Emme and Max are all grown up, and JLo couldn't be prouder! The singer commemorated their 18th birthday with a moving, heartfelt post that was absolutely busting with love for her babies.",
            "content": "Jennifer Lopez's twins Emme and Max are all grown up, and JLo couldn't be prouder! The singer commemorated their 18th birthday with a moving, heartfelt post that was absolutely busting with love for her babies.\nJLo welcomed Emme and Max on February 2... [1049 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/22/jennifer-lopez-twins-turn-18/",
            "image": "https://imagez.tmz.com/image/b1/16by9/2026/02/22/b1366b6d11c7463dbb6df933a1c9ee09_xl.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T01:30:39Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3539b82bbf6242ee8b4c1fbed4ea5ec7",
                "name": "TMZ",
                "url": "https://www.tmz.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f69353c6bb384963c95f13c21221470c",
            "title": "Vancouver airport ties Nexus outage to U.S. partial government shutdown",
            "description": "The Canada Border Services Agency also confirmed in an email the connection between the suspension and the U.S. partial government shutdown.",
            "content": "Several Canadian airports say people wanting to use NEXUS or Global Entry at U.S. pre-clearance are out of luck, as both programs are currently unavailable.\nOn Sunday, the X accounts for multiple airports including Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and Mon... [2815 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11678708/nexus-global-entry-shutdown-canada-airports-us-partial-shutdown/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221016161044-634c6d45bc6175ce5fb6927djpeg-2.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T00:05:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "83c841dc9caa454bec555d177beb41ee",
            "title": "Capital City Urges Residents to Stay Off Roads Monday",
            "description": "The City of St. John's has not declared a State of Emergency but it has closed all municipal offices as crews ...",
            "content": "The City of St. John’s has not declared a State of Emergency but it has closed all municipal offices as crews continue snow clearing efforts following several days of heavy snowfall.\nCity hall and all recreation facilities will be closed, with staff ... [384 chars]",
            "url": "https://vocm.com/2026/02/22/capital-city-urges-residents-to-stay-off-roads-monday/",
            "image": "https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/900/files/2026/02/img-5596.jpeg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-22T23:56:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e1f7b8d1fbe1f1a390d9ca6465745832",
                "name": "VOCM",
                "url": "https://vocm.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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