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": 482788,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e6609981461a255ac9dfe60a69d75484",
            "title": "Missing B.C. actor Stewart McLean found dead: IHIT",
            "description": "Missing B.C. actor Stewart McLean has been located deceased, homicide investigators say.",
            "content": "Missing B.C. actor Stewart McLean has been located deceased, homicide investigators say.\nThe Lower Mainland’s Integrated Homicide Investigation Team announced Friday afternoon that the 45-year-old’s remains had been found in Lions Bay, B.C., the smal... [1493 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/05/22/remains-of-missing-bc-actor-found-homicide-investigators-say/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/RWCL4R36NJGVJEVBJ2QE3HC5TU.jpeg?smart=true&auth=562c141dfb20e2bf6c6f16cdff26eece604b72ba439269aaa2f6adba0399a044&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T21:21:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a979464e53b28b48933d4732ebd73a6d",
            "title": "Malgré les critiques, Danielle Smith défend sa question référendaire",
            "description": "Danielle Smith se défend de la question référendaire qu’elle a choisi de poser le 19 octobre, malgré les critiques qui déferlent de part et d’autre.",
            "content": "Danielle Smith défend la question référendaire sur l'indépendance de la province qu’elle a choisi de poser aux Albertains le 19 octobre prochain, malgré les critiques qui déferlent de part et d’autre des camps fédéraliste et indépendantiste depuis je... [3530 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2256092/referendum-separation-alberta-canada",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/referendum-separation-alberta-canada-48174.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T20:59:36Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "82c9536113978d42433945291fc9a735",
            "title": "Patient tests negative, top doctor says",
            "description": "A person in Ontario tested negative for Ebola after returning from Ethiopia with symptoms consistent with a range of illnesses, Canada’s top doctor said Friday, noting the risk of the virus affecting people in this country remains low.",
            "content": "A person in Ontario tested negative for Ebola after returning from Ethiopia with symptoms consistent with a range of illnesses, Canada’s top doctor said Friday, noting the risk of the virus affecting people in this country remains low.\nDr. Joss Reime... [3377 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cp24.com/news/canada/2026/05/22/ontario-patient-tests-negative-for-ebola-while-new-border-screening-measures-are-in-place-amid-congo-outbreak/",
            "image": "https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/F7WCWJQQTZB3KG5YZTLFDF6VAY.jpg?smart=true&auth=a34bece719429c3c1073d0ee337f148ef88a7b47f1fb54265563d1183b65355d&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-22T20:49:27Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7dd7268139219ad1376ef22df3730d7e",
                "name": "CP24",
                "url": "https://www.cp24.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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