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": 267762,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "4c66cdd6fd952099db3e98655932d271",
            "title": "Two killed and many injured after car driven into crowd",
            "description": "Mayor Burkhard Jung said a suspect was detained and the motive was unclear.",
            "content": "Two people have died and several were injured after a car drove into a crowd in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Monday afternoon, local authorities said.\nMayor Burkhard Jung said the suspected perpetrator was apprehended, adding that authoritie... [859 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgpzgxgz58o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/1a2d/live/537ff930-6139-11ee-b101-6f93d6dfbcc2.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T16:13:26Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "7eb0a55f3d767d0721615dfd74bfa442",
            "title": "Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150, including 4 Canadians, on cruise ship",
            "description": "Medics were working on Monday to evacuate two people with symptoms of the deadly hantavirus ‌after a suspected outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off West Africa carrying mostly British, American and Spanish passengers, along with four Canadians, officials said.",
            "content": "Medics were working on Monday to evacuate two people with symptoms of the deadly hantavirus ‌after a suspected outbreak on a luxury cruise ship held off West Africa carrying mostly British, American and Spanish passengers, officials said.\nAround 150 ... [4339 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/suspected-hantavirus-outbreak-cruise-ship-9.7186704",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/2ab94ccd-5a3b-46df-bdc1-8314b7a81c9e,1777910533644/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%285%2C0%2C3573%2C2009%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T16:03:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "0d94156825ccc606cb64bb46ffadd211",
            "title": "Rubio to meet Pope Leo, Meloni and Italian ministers in Rome",
            "description": "Italian media characterised the U.S. secretary of state’s trip as a “relations thawing mission.”",
            "content": "U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet Pope Leo XIV and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni during his visit to Italy later this week, following President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on the pontiff and Italian PM.\nItalian media characterised the t... [1101 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.politico.eu/article/us-marco-rubio-meeting-pope-leo-xiv-italy-giorgia-meloni/",
            "image": "https://www.politico.eu/cdn-cgi/image/width=1200,height=630,fit=crop,quality=80,onerror=redirect/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/04/GettyImages-2272609725-scaled.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T15:06:57Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "3ba3d17ed2b9c7b829a43e4ec3f59eb0",
                "name": "politico.eu",
                "url": "https://www.politico.eu"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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