Canada World News API

Get the live top world headlines from Canada with our JSON API.

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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": 268140,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "5d37744be97a0a369a81168acafe8189",
            "title": "Trump Lashes Out at Pope Leo for Meeting With His Foe",
            "description": "The president wasn’t happy to see who was on the pope’s agenda.",
            "content": "President Donald Trump hit out at Pope Leo XIV on Saturday after seeing photos of the pontiff meeting with Brandon Johnson, the mayor of the pope’s hometown of Chicago.\n“Someone should explain to the Pope that the Mayor of Chicago is useless, and tha... [2418 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-lashes-out-at-pope-leo-for-meeting-with-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson/",
            "image": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/resizer/v2/35PBHESN3BE7RNMMYVHP27DDCY.jpg?smart=true&auth=d969768144c6859491d30251c16053cdc1d84c96816301f8c5b5b9186a4b2b2d&width=1200&height=630",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T01:10:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "e3fd974e36370d094fc026102a75c80f",
                "name": "The Daily Beast",
                "url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "de220eea212ffecc7d1438b82983cdbf",
            "title": "Bus driver in deadly Virginia crash charged with involuntary manslaughter",
            "description": "Police say Jing S Dong was driving a tour bus in a \"criminally negligent manner\" when he plowed into cars and killed five people.",
            "content": "The bus driver blamed for the deadly accident on a Virginia interstate that killed at least five people and injured dozens more has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, Virginia State Police said on Saturday.\nDriver Jing S Dong, who also suffe... [1344 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clypj8z4yz2o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/9acc/live/a4662760-5b9c-11f1-895f-9f361532bc64.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T00:56:15Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "fca80763f37b717876b2c845b31e32b9",
            "title": "Trump news at a glance: president in ‘excellent health’, his doctor says after routine medical check",
            "description": "Three-page memo released by White House provides overview of 79-year-old president’s medical checkup– key US politics stories from Saturday, 30 May at a glance",
            "content": "US President Donald Trump’s doctor said he was in “excellent health” but has advised him to lose weight, according to a memo released by the White House after the 79-year-old underwent a routine medical check.\n“President Trump remains in excellent he... [773 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/31/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-in-excellent-health-his-doctor-says-after-routine-medical-check",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/cdcec18d865c907bc3b195f4164d1fe69de70735/358_0_4165_3332/master/4165.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=ad562650ba5658d1c6e44d612c22ff5b",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-31T00:45:56Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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