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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": 235288,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f8964d44c5cb7dfa8145e7f4e1d50236",
            "title": "Rescuers try to reach 6 skiers still alive after California avalanche, another 10 still missing",
            "description": "Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled dangerous, blizzard conditions on Tuesday in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers trapped after an avalanche high in the rugged Northern California mountains that left 10 other skiers missing.",
            "content": "Rescue crews on skis and snowcats battled dangerous, blizzard conditions on Tuesday in an effort to reach six backcountry skiers trapped after an avalanche high in the rugged Northern California mountains that left 10 other skiers missing.\nThe search... [4513 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/california-avalanche-skiers-missing-9.7094903",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1ee77ee5-4fcd-4e18-9396-bd16b63003c6,1771383802400/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C22%2C4819%2C2710%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T03:06:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "57f7d9d64228f088131a988d51f5f490",
            "title": "Rescuers search for 10 missing skiers after California avalanche",
            "description": "Rescuers are racing to the scene, which has seen about 30 inches (76cm) of snowfall in the last 24 hours.",
            "content": "An avalanche in California's Lake Tahoe region has left 10 backcountry skiers missing, authorities say, with six more people stranded and awaiting rescue.\nThe avalanche was reported about 11:30PST (19:30GMT) in the Castle Peak area near the town of T... [1461 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62dke15357o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/3194/live/208f8f00-0c67-11f1-986c-b11ea963c0e7.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T01:37:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a5336a501752e531471d2bc577a3d8a1",
            "title": "Climber on trial for leaving girlfriend to die on Austria's highest mountain",
            "description": "Kerstin G's boyfriend is accused of leaving her unprotected and exhausted close to the summit during a blizzard.",
            "content": "2 hours ago\nBethany BellVienna correspondent\nMore than a year after a 33-year-old woman froze to death on Austria's highest mountain, her boyfriend goes on trial on Thursday accused of gross negligent manslaughter.\nKerstin G died of hypothermia on a ... [4307 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv9plyjgpo",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/d711/live/9a10a6d0-0bfd-11f1-9972-d3f265c101c6.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T00:41:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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