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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": 446270,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "13019c8fa5bc4da47d80d78f5f600aec",
            "title": "Lyme disease is littered with misinformation. Celebrities are part of the problem, experts say",
            "description": "Chronic Lyme disease isn't recognized by conventional medicine. It's a controversial term used by some alternative practitioners to describe pain, fatigue and neurological symptoms they attribute to a persistent Lyme infection. Some Lyme experts say it’s fuelling a dubious industry and say celebrity cases are part of the problem.",
            "content": "American supermodel Bella Hadid takes to Instagram every few years to share a behind-the-scenes look at living with chronic illness.\nIn one slideshow from September 2025, she’s seen getting a variety of treatments at a boutique medical facility. In a... [9925 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/investigates/celebrity-chronic-lyme-industry-9.7056234",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/6ad7685c-f79a-403d-9ff3-198ca074cd0e,1769789804634/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C1600%2C900%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b38ab861740249649c6b11f62a9e2549",
            "title": "Dual anti-ICE protests in Vancouver partly become a celebration",
            "description": "Two B.C. businesses were the focus of the protests due to their ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but one of them was not held.",
            "content": "There were two anti-ICE protests planned in Vancouver on Friday, but one turned into a celebration.\nTwo B.C. businesses were the focus of the protests due to their ties with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\nHowever, one protest was scrapped ... [2940 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11646148/dual-anti-ice-protests-vancouver-celebration/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/44fa7777769ca2b0ee746dd17550da47d046c483ae5fb2827d843c82940ee14a.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T02:35:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "82e4870d441c5e7a5dc22ebe3589e0d7",
            "title": "Saskatchewan alumina deposit discovery a ‘potential gamechanger’",
            "description": "An estimated 6.8 billion tonne alumina deposit was found near Tisdale, being a new resource for Sask. it will provide economic benefits as it is holds a third of global reserves",
            "content": "Brand new opportunities could be coming to Saskatchewan after an alumina deposit holding an estimated 6.8 billion tonnes was discovered by Canadian Energy Metals corp. (CEM) near Tisdale.\nThe company calls it one of the largest known deposits on Eart... [2031 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11646031/saskatchewan-alumina-deposit-discovery-a-potential-gamechanger/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Alumina.bmp?w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-01-31T02:26:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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