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Canada World News API

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

Get API key for the Canada World 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=world&apikey=API_KEY
{
    "totalArticles": 260160,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "13aad5a481253a906bd7b71926663816",
            "title": "Parents charged after toddler slips into wolf area and gets hurt at Hersheypark zoo",
            "description": "The parents of a toddler who suffered a minor injury at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after squeezing through a fence near a wolf enclosure and making contact with one of the animals have been charged with endangering the welfare of children, police said.",
            "content": "Toddler slips into wolf area\nThe parents of a toddler who suffered a minor injury at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after squeezing through a fence near a wolf enclosure and making contact with one of the animals have been charged with endangering the... [1799 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.castanet.net/news/World/607444/Parents-charged-after-toddler-slips-into-wolf-area-and-gets-hurt-at-Hersheypark-zoo",
            "image": "https://www.castanet.net/content/2026/4/screenshot_2026-04-07_at_6.28.32am_p4273421.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T13:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "628ae4115a279de4cd0f849291206a3c",
                "name": "Castanet",
                "url": "https://www.castanet.net"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "4b47b9aee9f8a75a72022f2f783e5c73",
            "title": "Trump says ‘a whole civilization will die tonight’ as Iran deadline looms",
            "description": "Trump said his deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz is 'one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World.'",
            "content": "U.S. President Donald Trump says that “a whole civilization will die tonight” as his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz looms on Tuesday.\n“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen,... [653 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11767304/donald-trump-iran-deadline-threat/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Trump-Iran-threat.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T12:23:30Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2e0ffc30be62f5d2a1a59c1c0ab751b3",
            "title": "Iran : les infrastructures frappées avant même la fin de l’ultimatum de Trump",
            "description": "Téhéran a subi de nouvelles frappes mardi avant l'échéance de l'ultimatum de Donald Trump, qui menace de détruire des infrastructures essentielles en Iran.",
            "content": "Des ponts et une autoroute ont été frappés mardi en Iran, selon les autorités locales, Israël et les États-Unis semblant mettre à exécution leur menace d'attaquer les infrastructures civiles sans attendre l'expiration de l'ultimatum de Donald Trump c... [3780 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2244145/frappe-israel-iran-ultimatum-trump-ormuz",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/frappe-israel-teheran.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-07T12:09:33Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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