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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": 250764,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1516479c66b997f4b495ccda77c92beb",
            "title": "Sweden detains captain of Russian shadow fleet ship",
            "description": "The skipper of the Sea Owl One is suspected of producing forged documents when it was boarded by coast guard.",
            "content": "A Swedish court has ordered the detention of the Russian captain of a ship suspected of sailing under a false flag as part of Moscow's shadow fleet.\nThe man, who has not been named, appeared in court in Ystad after being arrested on Friday by the Swe... [2088 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqwg0yej04o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6cf4/live/8518c9d0-209b-11f1-9cdb-3b5a9df6c45b.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T18:40:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "82d1dad247ad8b18c285286aa8b7ee8d",
            "title": "Trump urges allies to defend the Strait of Hormuz, but no one's fully signed on",
            "description": "U.S. President Donald Trump is calling for help from allies — and even geopolitical rivals like China — to defend the Strait of Hormuz from attacks on commercial shipping. So far, the countries Trump mentioned have responded cautiously.",
            "content": "U.S. President Donald Trump is urging other countries to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as Iran targets ships in the vital oil route, but so far there are few firm commitments.\nIn a social media post Saturday, Trump suggested that many countries we... [4558 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-allies-strait-of-hormuz-attacks-9.7129622",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/d876c94d-90ae-4116-8e92-7f43734daabd,1773592006772/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C129%2C1578%2C887%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T18:36:49Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "f743ab42052741ef0a95b720540fff50",
            "title": "Hormuz crisis reveals Israel’s opportunity to become a global energy corridor",
            "description": "Opinion: As Iran disrupts shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a long-overlooked alternative energy route could emerge through Israel; linking Saudi oil pipelines with the Eilat–Ashkelon line could reshape global energy flows",
            "content": "The current crisis in the Persian Gulf is not just another isolated event in the global energy arena. Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the laying of naval mines in this strategic passage have shaken global energy and trade markets.\nThe nar... [5164 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/hjf00id4511g",
            "image": "https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/picserver6/crop_images/2026/03/11/r1TItyJcZl/r1TItyJcZl_0_219_2047_1151_0_large.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-03-15T17:32:31Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "179cfeb8d2cd0b1b229ae6f2db87e23e",
                "name": "ynetnews",
                "url": "https://www.ynetnews.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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