Published since 1951, this monthly journal reports significant advances in research in physics, including atomic and molecular physics; condensed matter; elementary particles and fields; nuclear physics; gases, fluid dynamics, and plasmas; electromagnetism and optics; mathematical physics; interdisciplinary, classical, and applied physics; relativity and cosmology; physics education research; statistical mechanics and thermodynamics; quantum physics and quantum computing; gravitation and string theory; biophysics; aeronomy and space physics; and astrophysics. It publishes research articles, rapid communications, and review articles contributed by recognized experts in Canada and abroad. It also publishes special issues dedicated to current research in a particular area of physics.

自1951年出版以來，該月刊報道了物理學研究的重大進展，包括原子和分子物理學;凝聚態;基本粒子與場;核物理學;氣體、流體動力學和等離子體;電磁學和光學;數學物理;跨學科、經典和應用物理學;廣義相對論和宇宙學;物理教育研究;統計力學和熱力學;量子物理與量子計算;萬有引力和弦理論;生物物理學;航空學與空間物理學;和天體物理學。它出版研究文章，快速溝通，并審查文章由加拿大和國外公認的專家貢獻。它還出版專門研究當前物理特定領域研究的特刊。