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": 265510,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "18b9d35b4d9ccb1bd9aca013e92ed358",
            "title": "Trump administration asks trade court to pause ruling on global tariffs",
            "description": "U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Monday asked a U.S. ‌court to pause its ruling against the administration's 10 per cent global tariff while ​the federal government pursues an ​appeal.",
            "content": "U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Monday asked a U.S. ‌court to pause its ruling against the administration's 10 per cent global tariff while ​the federal government pursues an ​appeal.\nLast week, the U.S. Court of International Trade r... [525 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-administration-tariffs-ruling-9.7195850",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/65c0badf-6118-4081-b65c-843a34f87656,1778540005458/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C22%2C5305%2C2984%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-12T00:07:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b337b48d6650c6f1a7aa89e64ad28f7e",
            "title": "US in closely-guarded talks to open new bases in Greenland",
            "description": "It is seeking to open three bases in the south of the Arctic territory, according to multiple officials familiar with the talks.",
            "content": "The US has been holding regular negotiations with Denmark to expand its military presence in Greenland, according to multiple officials familiar with the discussions, with talks between both sides progressing in recent months.\nUS officials are seekin... [5482 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx21669452lo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/a0d5/live/8f903210-4b1e-11f1-bd52-e755d604ece4.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T23:56:11Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1de01b84e7439b75b1b418ec57aeb88c",
            "title": "3 more passengers, Spanish, French and American, evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirus",
            "description": "Passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak were being flown home Monday to more than 20 countries and quarantined, including a Spaniard, a French woman and an American who tested positive.",
            "content": "Passengers from a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak were being flown home Monday to more than 20 countries and quarantined, including a Spaniard, a French woman and an American who tested positive.\nThe passengers began flying home aboar... [5666 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hantavirus-cruise-ship-evacuation-9.7194723",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/9e72b8b6-a5c7-46e6-a5c2-ab602c864416,1778496645728/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C3582%2C2014%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-11T23:49:03Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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