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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": 424194,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4480da644c4507cb7071744b844b7262",
            "title": "Bubble Technology Industries awarded contract to detect space radiation for astronauts",
            "description": "The Ontario defence and aerospace firm will receive $5.5 million from Canadian Space Agency.",
            "content": "An Ontario defence and aerospace company has been tasked with developing a tool to detect harmful space radiation for astronauts on the International Space Station.\nThe technology will give researchers “practical data to help protect astronauts from ... [2023 chars]",
            "url": "https://betakit.com/bubble-technology-industries-awarded-contract-to-detect-space-radiation-for-astronauts/",
            "image": "https://cdn.betakit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/International-Space-Station.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T22:12:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "ff90c64aefa09f0bdd5df2d30dd07067",
                "name": "BetaKit",
                "url": "https://betakit.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fcc71e83b8aa749fb10288d89e6192a6",
            "title": "A new heart. A second chance at life",
            "description": "A chance meeting led to Rita’s ARVC diagnosis and lifesaving care at UHN. See how research and transplant care gave her a second chance.",
            "content": "A chance meeting\nIn February 2009, Rita Spiteri boarded a plane home from Los Angeles to Toronto. But as others opened their books and plugged in their headphones, something compelled her to strike up a conversation with the man beside her.\nIt turned... [7834 chars]",
            "url": "https://uhnfoundation.ca/stories/a-new-heart-a-second-chance-at-life/",
            "image": "https://uhnfoundation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/rita_hero.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T22:05:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "d9e5d1bb2cfc7d5155ff0140ce696e5a",
                "name": "UHN Foundation",
                "url": "https://uhnfoundation.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fffc4c8dd1252a3ffc6945062bc300aa",
            "title": "Génome Québec finance quatre projets de l’UdeM",
            "description": "Génome Québec finance quatre projets de l’UdeM en génomique pour faire avancer le diagnostic et les traitements du cancer, des maladies rares et des maladies inflammatoires.",
            "content": "Quatre équipes de l’Université de Montréal obtiennent un appui financier de Génome Québec dans le cadre du cinquième cycle du Programme d’intégration de la génomique – Santé humaine. Au total, 12 projets québécois sont soutenus, pour un investissemen... [860 chars]",
            "url": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/article/2026/02/26/genome-quebec-finance-quatre-projets-de-l-udem",
            "image": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/public/nouvelles/_processed_/4/6/csm_20260226_genome-quebec-couv_a042d89e65.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-26T21:34:49Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "777cb3f92d798a8666b43224ef6b9b5d",
                "name": "Université de Montréal",
                "url": "https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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