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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": 7588668,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "b32fd0b63be855c7c700d7135f134923",
            "title": "Bookings open for COVID-19, influenza vaccines",
            "description": "It’s vaccine season in Nova Scotia. Public Health says starting Thursday, people can book COVID-19 and influenza shots. You can get vaccines from participating family doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacies and Public Health offices and mobile units. Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robert Strang says vaccines help protect everyone through the season, and are particularly important for […]",
            "content": "It’s vaccine season in Nova Scotia.\nPublic Health says starting Thursday, people can book COVID-19 and influenza shots.\nYou can get vaccines from participating family doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacies and Public Health offices and mobile units... [353 chars]",
            "url": "https://halifax.citynews.ca/2025/10/09/bookings-open-for-covid-19-influenza-vaccines/",
            "image": "https://halifax.citynews.ca/wp-content/blogs.dir/sites/5/2025/05/20/cm1au42fnrg-e1747755960410.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-09T15:24:55Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b5df96a63eeb53e366132e9394b2a9e1",
                "name": "CityNews Halifax",
                "url": "https://halifax.citynews.ca",
                "country": "ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "33e8ca092bab76e2715c68cf962ab0e9",
            "title": "Bank of Canada calls for more competition in banking",
            "description": "A senior official at the Bank of Canada is calling for more competition in the banking sector to better serve Canadians and the economy.",
            "content": "A senior official at the Bank of Canada is calling for more competition in the banking sector to better serve Canadians and the economy.\nSenior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers laid out her case for a more competitive Canada in a speech at the Canadian... [3801 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/economics/2025/10/09/senior-bank-of-canada-official-calls-for-more-competition-in-banking/",
            "image": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/resizer/v2/C7KGQQ2WNOZ6RJJC5ILLRHALXQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=5ed88f60fb1d153227e64d1395778df28272f280f60680bb308b245c1a83e58f&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-09T14:18:05Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "14f09cdc09e7e8665830f8f0fd836742",
                "name": "BNN Bloomberg",
                "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca",
                "country": "ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4db077ff2256d2255da765ddf0ba06e6",
            "title": "L’AIAC décernera le Prix l’hon. Marc Garneau aux astronautes canadiens lors du Sommet de l’aérospatiale canadienne 2025",
            "description": "OTTAWA, Ontario, 09 oct. 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- L’Association des industries aérospatiales du Canada (AIAC) rendra un fier hommage aux astronautes canadiens, tant ceux d’hier que ceux d’aujourd’hui, lors de la remise du Prix l’hon. Marc Garneau de cette année.",
            "content": "Ce prix souligne les contributions exceptionnelles des astronautes à l’innovation, à l’exploration spatiale et aux avancées du secteur aérospatial au pays et dans le monde entier. Les astronautes actifs de l’Agence spatiale canadienne, soit Jeremy Ha... [3887 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lesoleil.com/communiques-de-presse/2025/10/09/laiac-decernera-le-prix-lhon-marc-garneau-aux-astronautes-canadiens-lors-du-sommet-de-laerospatiale-canadienne-2025-727WJMBDWNAINJOJAMCF4VLJPA/",
            "image": "https://lescoopsdelinformation-le-soleil-prod.web.arc-cdn.net/resizer/v2/2KGAJW4EXBEAPDFW4V3MXO75SU.jpg?smart=true&auth=ebd7589a81e59a1fd12a92936a251cc3e3bb8e3fb7b3871b04e3e9df49dc9819&width=657&height=563",
            "publishedAt": "2025-10-09T14:10:12Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "b36aa9efa2d126d4c2f420a0bb1d4f1a",
                "name": "Le Soleil",
                "url": "https://www.lesoleil.com",
                "country": "ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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