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": 261132,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "a76d3bcba04756a396335ecf6186c1ae",
            "title": "Iran reimposes restrictions on Strait of Hormuz, U.S. continues blockade",
            "description": "Two Iranian gunboats opened fire on a tanker transiting the waterway, British military says",
            "content": "The dueling blockades in the Strait of Hormuz lurched into uncharted waters on Saturday as the United States pressed ahead with its campaign to choke off Iranian ports and Iran reversed an initial move to reopen the waterway.\nConfusion over the criti... [5039 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-iran-us-israel-lebanon/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/66642BOPM5EYTMYVNX5A37GITE.JPG?auth=fc4e2e3ad1768c16142c5cdeb5bc5341892ee67ff4af61ef6ad9c3e8709d4862&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T11:25:20Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fd9b3b59378fb013e5c5c964a3da7b1f",
            "title": "L’Iran ferme à nouveau le détroit d’Ormuz",
            "description": "L’Iran a annoncé samedi reprendre « le strict contrôle » du détroit d’Ormuz en réaction au maintien du blocus américain des ports iraniens, revenant sur sa décision de la veille de rouvrir cette voie maritime stratégique.",
            "content": "(Téhéran) L’Iran a annoncé samedi reprendre « le strict contrôle » du détroit d’Ormuz en réaction au maintien du blocus américain des ports iraniens, revenant sur sa décision de la veille de rouvrir cette voie maritime stratégique.\nTéhéran avait « ac... [3814 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca/international/moyen-orient/2026-04-18/conflit-au-moyen-orient/l-iran-ferme-a-nouveau-le-detroit-d-ormuz.php",
            "image": "https://mobile-img.lpcdn.ca/v2/924x/r3996/907cee406ce83d9cbd499aec63bfe2fb.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T11:01:19Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "9929f9b2d4820f4ed54220376fab7d4c",
                "name": "La Presse",
                "url": "https://www.lapresse.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3ee28a40a23f982604c0548e2ca72d0d",
            "title": "Counter terrorism police investigate another arson attempt",
            "description": "It comes as a man attempts to ignite a plastic bag containing containing fluid in north-west London.",
            "content": "The Met Police said a man was seen lighting a bag, which was later found to have contained three bottles with fluid in them, in the doorway. Minor damage was caused to the shopfront and no injuries were reported. Fire crews also attended.\nThe force a... [1599 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxl1qr11q2o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/f004/live/2fb97220-3b24-11f1-bdd4-fdf1a2a9ebde.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T10:50:02Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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