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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": 240240,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "50146b4b4e7a21ba242ad8e72d931c24",
            "title": "Sudbury couple stuck in Puerto Vallarta after cartel violence erupts",
            "description": "Violence linked to the death of one of Mexico’s most notorious cartel leaders has left highways blockaded with burning vehicles, businesses torched and flights suspended around Puerto Vallarta, a popular destination for Canadians",
            "content": "Watching the news from his hotel room in Puerto Vallarta, Sudburian David Campbell counts himself lucky to be spared from the violence that erupted in the city where he is staying, part of a string of blockades, car and business fires and even kidnap... [4022 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/sudbury-couple-stuck-in-puerto-vallarta-after-cartel-violence-erupts-11920103",
            "image": "https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/sudbury/images/LocalImages/240226_donna_dave_campbell.jpg;w=1200;h=800;mode=crop",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T19:52:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "df4d7308fb8aaeeee8518bb781f05e17",
                "name": "Sudbury News",
                "url": "https://www.sudbury.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "050ef7536b0e101372b731b275e2b8f0",
            "title": "Judge declines to dismiss prosecutors from the case against alleged Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson",
            "description": "A Utah County prosecutor’s office will be allowed to continue building its death penalty case against Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, despite the defense’s claims that it mishandled a potential conflict of interest.",
            "content": "A Utah County prosecutor’s office will be allowed to continue building its death penalty case against Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, despite the defense’s claims that it mishandled a potential conflict of interest.\nRobinson’s defense ... [4237 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/us/tyler-robinson-case-prosecutors-charlie-kirk",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/ap26034829533267.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T17:59:44Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "8a53a2ea91061fc480c6b1d71f1f642d",
            "title": "Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop AI guardrails",
            "description": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract.",
            "content": "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a Friday deadline to comply with demands to peel back safeguards on its AI model or risk losing a Pentagon contract.\nHe also threatened to put the AI company on what could amount to a gov... [3611 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/24/tech/hegseth-anthropic-ai-military-amodei",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20260224-dario-amodei-pete-hegseth-split.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-24T16:38:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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