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": 260866,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "aaf27e515110fd907dab452f4514e9c3",
            "title": "U of T, OCAD amongst Ontario universities impacted by Canvas cyber breach",
            "description": "Postsecondary institutes in Ontario, such as the University of Toronto, are amongst thousands of schools impacted by a cybersecurity incident involving learning software Canvas.",
            "content": "Postsecondary institutes in Ontario, such as the University of Toronto, are amongst thousands of schools impacted by a cybersecurity incident involving learning software Canvas.\nInstructure, Canvas's U.S.-based parent company, first posted about a br... [3230 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-universities-canvas-breach-9.7192287",
            "image": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/79e62521-5fbf-4896-8dd0-cd7b6d87f864,1778241760306/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C8%2C1000%2C562%29%3BResize%3D620",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T12:14:51Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "aa998c61041906c2082d63fdef6cc33a",
                "name": "CBC",
                "url": "https://www.cbc.ca"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "b5ee4fbcd7449e9ea5fa9cdbc8ff2ac9",
            "title": "After 20 rounds of sanctions, the EU finally sees cracks in the Russian economy",
            "description": "Europeans are taking credit for the growing signs of strain in the Russian economy. Does that mean sanctions are working? It's complicated.",
            "content": "Since the fateful events of February 2022, the European Union has embarked on an unparalleled political project to cripple Russia's ability to wage war on Ukraine, hoping the persistent pressure would eventually force the aggressor to concede defeat.... [8335 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/05/08/after-20-rounds-of-sanctions-the-eu-finally-sees-cracks-in-the-russian-economy",
            "image": "https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/74/74/87/1200x675_cmsv2_9e28c1df-6fbc-5b66-837f-03100b5133fc-9747487.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T10:47:18Z",
            "lang": "en",
            "source": {
                "id": "fe7887ab38dfaf6c0f8af3a124d38295",
                "name": "Euronews.com",
                "url": "https://www.euronews.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "66f696e50884bd0d31427939b044a017",
            "title": "Prise d’otages en cours dans une banque en Allemagne",
            "description": "Une prise d'otages est en cours dans une banque dans l'ouest de l'Allemagne, a indiqué la police. Il y aurait plusieurs preneurs d'otages.",
            "content": "Une prise d'otages est en cours dans une banque à Sinzig dans l'ouest de l'Allemagne, a indiqué vendredi à l'AFP la police.\nIl y aurait plusieurs preneurs d'otages et otages à l'intérieur de la banque, et le chauffeur d'un fourgon blindé figurerait p... [910 chars]",
            "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2252367/prise-dotages-banque-allemagne",
            "image": "https://images.radio-canada.ca/q_auto,w_1250/v1/ici-info/16x9/allemagne-sinzig-police-intervention-prise-dotages-perimetre-de-securite.jpg",
            "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T09:41:16Z",
            "lang": "fr",
            "source": {
                "id": "197e8e0f338b074f642026d5a319d658",
                "name": "Radio-Canada",
                "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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