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": 282934,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "f6eb4bf188f66146923cb6d5c1ef6007",
            "title": "Iran says it’s closing Strait of Hormuz over Lebanon fighting",
            "description": "Steve Witkoff is traveling to Switzerland, a US official said, as Washington and Tehran work to get technical talks back on track after a postponement. Follow for live updates.",
            "content": "Vice President JD Vance, speaking to Fox News in an interview this morning as Iran announced it is closing the Strait of Hormuz, claimed the flow of barrels of oil from the strait reached pre-war levels.\n“We got 16 million barrels out of the Strait o... [23703 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/20/world/live-news/iran-war-trump-israel-lebanon",
            "image": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/2026-06-19t081319z-152177580-rc2twlarzwm4-rtrmadp-3-iran-crisis-oman-hormuz.JPG?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T13:43:00Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "b7f8938851261c8403f75f40eb1d8645",
                "name": "CNN",
                "url": "https://www.cnn.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "1b33d66c758e4273e872a38d5b20adf3",
            "title": "Polish president strips Zelenskyy of Poland's highest state honour",
            "description": "Polish President Karol Nawrocki’s decision to strip Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle has sparked controversy in Ukraine.",
            "content": "Polish President Karol Nawrocki has announced that he is stripping his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest state honour.\nNawrocki made the decision in response to Ukraine naming a military unit ... [6033 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/06/20/polish-president-strips-zelenskyy-of-polands-highest-state-honour",
            "image": "https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/80/66/11/1200x675_cmsv2_f200a4b5-4633-5fd1-b017-d4fe27de2d91-9806611.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T12:35:07Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fe7887ab38dfaf6c0f8af3a124d38295",
                "name": "Euronews.com",
                "url": "https://www.euronews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "9324df4f9d57d082dbc52efd6be213a5",
            "title": "Iran says Strait of Hormuz closed again despite negotiators heading to Switzerland for talks",
            "description": "Joint military command cites Israeli attacks on Lebanon, U.S. ‘bad faith’ and failure to end war",
            "content": "Iran dealt two quick blows to the interim agreement with the United States on Saturday, angered by Israel’s continued attacks in Lebanon, saying it had closed the Strait of Hormuz again and announcing that while its negotiators are going to Switzerla... [6235 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-israeli-strikes-kill-10-in-lebanon-hours-after-ceasefire/",
            "image": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/v2/JJVRH2MUCNFYZAYPJHRX5OUCO4.jpg?auth=bd6ff7cdca0cf4a37b67bbd8eeb365c8071b7c91a57745603f3a08a4522a20fa&width=1200&height=800&quality=80&smart=true",
            "publishedAt": "2026-06-20T12:06:32Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "7bf059d2d239a92b25534b00be01732d",
                "name": "The Globe and Mail",
                "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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