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": 276318,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "14db49ebc565e627b00d96cd57d334eb",
            "title": "Hundreds freed from Nigerian militants' mountain hideout",
            "description": "The group includes many women and children who were abducted in March from an area close to Cameroon.",
            "content": "Hundreds of captives freed from Boko Haram mountain hideout\nAt least 360 people kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists from a mainly Muslim community in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state in March have been freed from a remote mountain hideout.\nThe circu... [3399 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce8j0jn4xjgo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1648/live/52e9e4d0-6272-11f1-89a3-d1f559421220.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T13:38:28Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9dc611596bc6dd3bdc15c5dc9a23fa5d",
            "title": "FBI fires several analysts tied to disputed ‘Catholic ideology’ memo",
            "description": "Firings are part of a broader personnel purge under under the leadership of director Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist",
            "content": "Several FBI analysts tied to the creation of a 2023 memo warning of a potential threat from Catholic “violent extremists” were fired on Friday, according to their lawyer, the latest wave of terminations under the leadership of its director Kash Patel... [3425 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/07/fbi-fires-several-analysts-catholic-memo",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6dbd635ea67d57568403d302e85bd8c2e91baeec/317_0_7920_6336/master/7920.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=0c3ec1b5638785bd404e06781a5dfd8e",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T13:27:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "dde18a373fe56a271442371d0c10435f",
            "title": "Giant crowds greet Pope Leo at public mass in Madrid, Spain",
            "description": "The pontiff praises Madrid as a beacon of inclusion as about 1.2 million people gather for Sunday mass.",
            "content": "An oceanic crowd has filled the streets of the Spanish capital Madrid with chants, cheers and applause to greet Pope Leo XIV on the second day of a weeklong apostolic journey to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands.\nThe Vatican and local organisers ... [1937 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/7/giant-crowds-greet-pope-leo-at-public-mass-in-madrid-spain",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ap_6a253e828de83-1780825730.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-07T12:15:04Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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