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": 264240,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "078b5dc7898ffa2fab6785d7a51a4aed",
            "title": "US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants",
            "description": "Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured",
            "content": "An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon.\nErnie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting yellow-backed duiker, an antelope species, in the central Africa... [2480 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/millionaire-hunter-dies-elephants-gabon",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/3ffa0a3ff174388aa44b490589b57c4667ed6d90/528_345_2903_2322/master/2903.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&precrop=40:21,offset-x50,offset-y0&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctZGVmYXVsdC5wbmc&enable=upscale&s=425742aadf1dbf30ee2752517606fa29",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T18:09:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fd6242adba5beb99169bbc7ed0c8f23a",
            "title": "Russian oil exports slump as Ukraine hammers ports and refineries",
            "description": "Despite US sanctions waiver, Russian oil exports could fall to lowest levels since 2023, sources say.",
            "content": "Ukraine has succeeded in depriving Russia of much of the windfall profits it would have made from oil exports during March and April, as the war in the Gulf sent prices soaring to above $100 a barrel, a series of sources suggest.\nUkraine intensified ... [7469 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/24/russian-oil-exports-slump-as-ukraine-hammers-ports-and-refineries",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/2026-04-21T184038Z_724474390_RC2MTKASMQ96_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-RUSSIA-OIL-DRONES-1777047509.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T16:56:12Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "bd110da7711af6e0e806b6631c83de25",
            "title": "Chornobyl at 40: Settlers and horses survive Russian drones, contamination",
            "description": "A radiation survivor and expert, an elderly returnee, and a wildlife researcher paint a picture of life 40 years after the worst nuclear disaster.",
            "content": "Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine - It’s a freezing January morning, and the sun is glistening across a placid, snowy, forested landscape. But the calm is deceptive.\nAn air raid siren suddenly blares across the crisp winter air.\nTwo soldiers scour th... [20456 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2026/4/24/chornobyl-at-40-settlers-and-horses-survive-russian-drones-contamination",
            "image": "https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ap-bbff8dc304f2da11af9f0014c2589dfb-1776684027.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T15:59:09Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7530d90c9af769eda4cb548f32ed381d",
                "name": "Al Jazeera",
                "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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