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": 559508,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "727ce68d908c54798aa14bb4c3e1fbb4",
            "title": "Canadiens eliminated from playoffs after blowout loss to Hurricanes",
            "description": "The Hurricanes won the best-of-seven series 4-1 with four straight victories. They will be heading to the Stanley Cup final for the first time since 2006.",
            "content": "The Carolina Hurricanes have finally broken through their Eastern Conference final roadblock. Now comes the chance to play for the Stanley Cup for the first time in two decades.\nTaylor Hall, Logan Stankoven and Eric Robinson scored in a dominating fi... [2715 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/habs-hurricanes-game-five-9.7216562",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/09977d15-308b-4928-960d-aab5f03780b1,1780108437944/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1920%2C1080%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T02:45:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "44b812443156f20e6e67e8814d76d783",
            "title": "Late spring start, dry conditions to blame for intense Edmonton allergy season",
            "description": "An Edmonton abourist says drought conditions coupled with a later start to spring have put added stress on trees and shrubs, causing them to produce more pollen than usual.",
            "content": "While many Edmontonians have been taking in the warm weather as of late, some like Jessica Wiekli wish it didn’t come with all the pollen.\n“It’s awful here,” Wiekli said. “We just moved here from Calgary a year ago so this is our first season through... [1995 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11874559/late-spring-start-dry-conditions-intense-edmonton-allergy-season/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/allergy-flower-gn.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T01:09:58Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "d924b97e0e0ec4a0991a9a87bf429336",
            "title": "North American-made autos must contain at least 50% U.S. content, Trump negotiators tell Mexico",
            "description": "U.S. fires opening salvo in USMCA review, announces more rounds of bilateral talks without Canada",
            "content": "U.S. President Donald Trump’s negotiating team is demanding that all North American-made autos contain at least 50 per cent U.S. content, firing the opening salvo in a battle over the future of the pact governing continental trade.\nAmerican and Mexic... [6132 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-us-mexico-auto-demands-usmca-talks-canada/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/CDK5KKKWQ5FUJAIISCJNYWVM7Q.JPG?auth=7270ee3f316ac01afe0fc7d4a1a3c7da371ebbea208a58121ec5dd507823190f&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-30T00:44:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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