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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": 245460,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "efe5a226a5efb263ae46e49e565d795d",
            "title": "Nine arrested in France over death of far-right student",
            "description": "Quentin Deranque died on Saturday, two days after being beaten in Lyon by masked men believed to be far-left militants.",
            "content": "Nine people have been arrested in France following an investigation into the murder of a far-right nationalist student by suspected militants from the far-left.\nQuentin Deranque, a 23-year-old maths student, died in hospital on Saturday - two days af... [1338 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgj1qrqd47o",
            "image": "https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/8265/live/5290eb40-0c42-11f1-b8ba-135d136c986f.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T21:08:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "f331a5ed3965fb59761dfcecfc7e7a34",
                "name": "BBC",
                "url": "https://www.bbc.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "2ca12827b4f776ead9849b2a1639ccbf",
            "title": "Man in tactical vest with loaded shotgun arrested after charging US Capitol, police say",
            "description": "An 18-year-old in a tactical vest who charged the US Capitol with a loaded shotgun Tuesday was quickly arrested, US Capitol Police said.",
            "content": "An 18-year-old in a tactical vest who charged the US Capitol with a loaded shotgun Tuesday was quickly arrested, US Capitol Police said.\nPolice identified the man as Carter Camacho of Smyrna, Georgia, and said he acted alone. They are working to dete... [1306 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/politics/man-arrested-capitol-loaded-shotgun",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gun-arrest-2-17-26-1.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T20:26:52Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "3e12cec6bb4b3944654e6512841fbeea",
            "title": "DNA from glove in Nancy Guthrie abduction investigation yields no leads",
            "description": "No database match for sample found two miles from home offers as search for TV host’s mother enters third week",
            "content": "DNA found on a glove about two miles from Nancy Guthrie’s house did not result in any leads on the case, officials confirmed on Tuesday.\nUnknown male DNA was found on a glove that resembled one worn by Guthrie’s abductor in the surveillance video fro... [1412 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/savannah-guthrie-nancy-abduction-dna",
            "image": "https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/4d91d41db022f8ef6bb1db22657eeca8d45deb35/0_91_2500_2000/master/2500.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=709219fe85589b7ed7c360b6a1257a0f",
            "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T19:58:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "558a003a7a0164e924408edec7e99f99",
                "name": "The Guardian",
                "url": "https://www.theguardian.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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