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": 264700,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "29773b74d8bc54f8d4b67f28628ed29d",
            "title": "UK Eases Some Russian Oil Sanctions as Fuel Prices Soar",
            "description": "The UK has waived sanctions on diesel and jet fuel processed from Russian crude in third countries, citing supply security concerns as fuel prices hit post-Iran-war highs.",
            "content": "As a result of spiking fuel prices and concerns about jet fuel supply shortages, the UK government has waived sanctions on imports of diesel and jet fuel processed from Russia-origin crude in third countries.\nThe easing of a small part of the UK’s st... [1891 chars]",
            "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/UK-Eases-Some-Russian-Oil-Sanctions-as-Fuel-Prices-Soar.html",
            "image": "https://d32r1sh890xpii.cloudfront.net/news/1200x675/2026-05-20_rqwch6eo1t.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T14:30:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "0bfd2fc1956a6c3bdfd830c196c1fbab",
                "name": "Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com",
                "url": "https://oilprice.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "46fe2478ebb2f8b124cbc2e4fbae2dea",
            "title": "one of the first openly gay US congressmen dies",
            "description": "After a decades-long career in Congress, he spent his final weeks at his home in Maine living in hospice.",
            "content": "Former US congressman Barney Frank who famously took on Wall Street and was one of the first known openly gay representatives died on Tuesday night, US media reports. He was 86.\nFrank, a Democrat who represented southern Massachusetts in the House of... [1741 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgpy2ze3q1o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/066d/live/68321050-5459-11f1-a996-23a66636b2cc.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T14:28:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2cb9d3752e561e0d4886a68f7ed62147",
            "title": "Israeli security minister tells detained flotilla activists they should be jailed for long time",
            "description": "Detained activists from a flotilla of boats that tried to get past Israel's blockade of Gaza arrived in the port city of Ashdod aboard Israeli naval ships on Wednesday, as National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told them that they should remain in prison for a \"long, long time.\"",
            "content": "Detained activists from a flotilla of boats that tried to get past Israel's blockade of Gaza arrived in the port city of Ashdod aboard Israeli naval ships on Wednesday, as National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told them they should remain in pri... [5129 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-flotilla-activists-detained-9.7205666",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/51ced540-e7ac-4469-9add-9a8128f3a719,1779284500654/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C8%2C637%2C358%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T13:55:10Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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