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": 488128,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "40c1dfccfd7455440e0fe4828bf369d5",
            "title": "May 16: How dandelion seeds take flight, and more…",
            "description": "Why old buildings feel creepy, how male octopuses find their mates, virtual hearts are improving patient treatment, a look back at the discovery of Lucy and the benefits of being an evergreen tree.",
            "content": "On this week's episode of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald:\nInfrasound, not ghosts, may be why old buildings give us the heebie-jeebies\nHave you ever walked through an old building and felt something, well, unsettling? Scientists decided to investig... [3151 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dandelion-seeds-take-flight-9.7200756",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/8be804ef-75d8-43b3-8a0e-b114e52d4f63,1778872200238/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C126%2C2328%2C1309%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T20:57:42Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "39c8f04ae536e16447a05a89554c8333",
            "title": "Wildfire in Alberta's west country rages on, campers evacuated from backcountry",
            "description": "A wildfire continues to rage through a vast expanse of Alberta’s foothills Friday and emergency officials are urging backcountry users to keep their distance from the front lines.",
            "content": "A wildfire continues to rage through a vast expanse of Alberta’s foothills Friday and emergency officials are urging backcountry users to keep their distance from the front lines.\nThe wildfire in Clearwater County, northwest of Sundre, Alta., a town ... [4783 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-wildfire-clearwater-county-9.7201064",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/f72270a9-42be-4867-b7a1-687115438452,1778865040041/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C50%2C1600%2C900%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T20:54:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "e7be355bf0608dab02a2a17455a697b1",
            "title": "Election denier Tina Peters will get clemency after admitting she ‘made a mistake’",
            "description": "Tina Peters, the Republican former election clerk imprisoned for crimes related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, will receive clemency from Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and soon be released from custody, Polis exclusively told CNN.",
            "content": "Tina Peters, the Republican former election clerk imprisoned for crimes related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, will receive clemency from Colorado’s Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and soon be released from custody, Polis exclusively told CNN.... [6405 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/tina-peters-clemency-elections-jared-polis-colorado",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap25358792968283.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T20:45:50Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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