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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": 235914,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5f4f513bba55b849f28e1eca34cb4fe2",
            "title": "Should you stay or should you go? Canadians reconsider Cuba travel plans after advisory",
            "description": "Since the federal government's new travel warning for Cuba, CBC News has heard from dozens of travellers who say they've either cancelled their trips, are trying to without success, or are still going with the understanding that this year's trip could be challenging.",
            "content": "Ask the travellers who keep going year after year, and they'll likely tell you the same thing: there's just something about Cuba.\nThe dazzling beaches. The sense of safety. The warmth — not just the climate, but the people.\n\"You fall in love,\" said M... [6342 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cuba-travel-advisory-9.7075379",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/3adbd925-7591-40d9-a76b-48d50b5d5b49,1770305038812/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C479%2C7943%2C4467%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T09:00:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "cc395d330f33fbede39c118311cb1c10",
            "title": "US oil blockade: How long before Cuba collapses?",
            "description": "As the US oil embargo on Cuba takes hold, the country is rapidly running out of fuel. The effects on the country's economy and population could be devastating, a Latin America expert in Havana told DW.",
            "content": "For days, a cold weather front had brought polar air to Cuba, causing temperatures to drop below freezing on some parts of the island for the first time in recorded history.\nBut the frosty air hasn't been the only thing bearing down on Cuba from the ... [8061 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/us-oil-blockade-how-long-before-cuba-collapses/a-75849429",
            "image": "https://static.dw.com/image/75796736_6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T05:34:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "67e0c40c5e24b3fec372ab75763abad9",
                "name": "DW.com",
                "url": "https://www.dw.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1d67065882f239900649859e64e31aca",
            "title": "Colorado funeral home owner sentenced to 40 years for abusing 189 bodies",
            "description": "Jon Hallford, condemned in court as ‘monster’, stashed decaying bodies and gave grieving families fake ashes",
            "content": "A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday.\nDuring the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentl... [4719 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/06/colorado-funeral-home-owner-jailed",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/ea9980ee39b4eec3e713f220f8060b36c6f2a00b/267_0_2466_1973/master/2466.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=c6ae2e101653037649e62d4004b5335a",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-07T03:04:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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