Canada World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

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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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 256184,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4d892a2ece34f44a803f7f962823df49",
            "title": "Lebanese PM accuses Israel of war crimes after strike kills journalist",
            "description": "Lebanon’s prime minister has accused Israel of war crimes after an airstrike in the south of the country on Wednesday killed one journalist and seriously wounded another.",
            "content": "Lebanon’s prime minister has accused Israel of war crimes after an airstrike in the south of the country on Wednesday killed one journalist and seriously wounded another.\nAmal Khalil, who worked for Lebanon’s Al Akhbar newspaper, was killed while car... [2844 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/middleeast/lebanon-israel-journalist-killed-amal-khalil-latam-intl",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26112606433206a.JPG?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-23T00:02:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8dccf8024812d38876e271c02a8fcf05",
            "title": "Navy Secretary abruptly leaves job as US naval blockade of Iran continues",
            "description": "Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is leaving his position “effective immediately,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced on Wednesday evening.",
            "content": "Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is leaving his position “effective immediately,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced on Wednesday.\n“On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his ser... [1411 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/22/politics/john-phelan-navy-secretary-leaving",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap25356831135164.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T21:53:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f5561eb3efeb0bf2ceec5338302ce5a3",
            "title": "Confusion autour du blocus américain des ports iraniens",
            "description": "Les États-Unis ont promis de bloquer les navires iraniens jusqu'à ce que le pays conclue un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre. Mais le blocus fonctionne-t-il?",
            "content": "Les États-Unis ont promis de bloquer les navires iraniens jusqu'à ce que l'Iran conclue un accord pour mettre fin à la guerre. Mais le blocus fonctionne-t-il?\nLes analystes et les données de suivi maritime dressent un tableau complexe. Le flou qui en... [4120 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2248348/ormuz-trump-blocus-americain-ports-iraniens",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/petroliers-detroit-dormuz-89561.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-22T21:36:17Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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