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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": 218802,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "1f8a4ab57311d6050c45fdb60541e6fd",
            "title": "U.S. launches 'powerful and deadly' airstrike in northwest Nigeria",
            "description": "The United States carried out an airstrike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christians in the region.",
            "content": "The United States carried out an airstrike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, claiming the group had been targeting Christia... [1566 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-nigeria-airstrike-christmas-day-9.7028229",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/874d4517-4d5c-4c70-af2c-6195070146dc,1766706265566/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C430%2C6000%2C3375%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-26T00:19:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "167e80afd3765a05574856ee0f7a263b",
            "title": "Trump says US launched strike against ISIL in northwest Nigeria",
            "description": "US president says ‘deadly strike’ in Nigeria targeted ISIL fighters who killed ‘primarily, innocent Christians’.",
            "content": "The United ‍States ‍has carried out an air strike against ISIL (ISIS) fighters in northwest Nigeria, US ⁠President Donald Trump ​said.\n“Tonight, ⁠at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and ​deadly strike ‌against... [1748 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/25/trump-says-us-launched-strikes-against-isil-in-northwest-nigeria",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/breaking-news%402x-1738224819.webp?resize=1200%2C675",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T23:30:19Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "a6ab1dd80a0e472ae2c2e4a1b4839f02",
            "title": "Severe atmospheric river storm causes flooding, mudslides in Southern California",
            "description": "Forecasters said Southern California could see its wettest Christmas in years, increasing the risk of debris flows in areas scorched by wildfires in January.",
            "content": "Southern California braced Thursday for another powerful storm system that could cause more flooding and mudslides, a day after heavy rain and gusty winds were blamed for at least two deaths.\nForecasters said the region could see its wettest Christma... [3826 chars]",
            "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/11591023/atmospheric-river-flooding-southern-california/",
            "image": "https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CP175526449.jpg?quality=65&strip=all&w=720&h=379&crop=1",
            "publishedAt": "2025-12-25T20:47:22Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "a301f1a787ffad153a758085184d4bbb",
                "name": "Global News",
                "url": "https://globalnews.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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