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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": 256756,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "e91f09b8596e5142188c38f8a3929dd0",
            "title": "'We're sinking deeper': Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears",
            "description": "Ordinary Iranians respond to the US president's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.",
            "content": "Ordinary Iranians have been responding to US President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's power plants and bridges unless it opens the Strait of Hormuz.\nTrump said in an expletive-laden post on social media on Sunday that \"Tuesday will be Power ... [4294 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgl0ng8z0do",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/6356/live/45cb9240-31ca-11f1-a79a-77e93010d956.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T15:40:35Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c9c30a3c9e43777e46defb36f1130bdc",
            "title": "Israel's death penalty law draws inspiration from US policy, Itamar Ben-Gvir says",
            "description": "Per the bill, West Bank terrorists would receive the automatic death penalty barring specific appeals, while terrorists in other areas would be given either capital punishment or life imprisonment.",
            "content": "The newly passed death penalty for terrorists law will help prevent another attack like the October 7 massacre, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, defending the measure amid international condemnation and sa... [7594 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-892245",
            "image": "https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_720,w_1280/714429",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T15:14:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "78834c45a26f98bca295cc641123cf7f",
                "name": "The Jerusalem Post",
                "url": "https://www.jpost.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b98eea7c0102b9b2b32a0796e4815b1c",
            "title": "U.S. Supreme Court clears way for dismissing criminal case against Trump ally Steve Bannon",
            "description": "Justices threw out lower court’s decision to uphold his 2022 conviction for refusing to turn over documents or testify to a congressional panel",
            "content": "The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Monday for the Justice Department to move forward with dismissing a criminal case in which Steve Bannon, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted after defying a congressional subpoena.\nTh... [3750 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-politics/article-steve-bannon-us-supreme-court-case-dismissal/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/6SMDMCS4IVFE7LS3VZXBAKMWPQ.JPG?auth=0318eeced79e816fc86bd39184dbf15d968da764b14fededcf10456a68060e19&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-04-06T14:04:59Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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