Canadian Association of Physicists

What Canadian Association of Physicists does

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP; previously Association Canadienne des Physiciens / ACP) is a national non-profit professional association founded in 1945 and headquartered in Renfrew, Canada. It serves Canadian physics professionals, researchers, educators, and students by operating a membership program, an annual CAP Congress (the 2026 edition having concluded and the 2027 Congress scheduled for June 7-11 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador), and a portfolio of recognition programs including the High School-Cegep Teacher Award. The association also operates under the related trade name CAPF, reflecting its bilingual English/French member services.

CAP's product surface is centered on member services, awards administration, and event delivery rather than commercial software or research output. Its public website (cap.ca) runs on WordPress and is currently in an under-construction state, while membership accounts, profile creation, and award nominations are handled through a CiviCRM-based portal at crm.cap.ca, hosted and operated by Coop SymbioTIC (Symbiotic.coop). The bilingual CRM flows support both members and non-member submitters (e.g., teacher-award nominators), and the congress schedule is published through the external Indico event platform (indico.global/event/15553).

As a non-profit membership organization, CAP's revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed but are presumed to derive from individual membership dues, congress registration, and award-related activity. The organization has no disclosed venture, private equity, or public-market ownership, no subsidiaries, no M&A activity, and no partnerships beyond its underlying technology hosting arrangement with Coop SymbioTIC. Operating geographies are limited to Canada, with the main website serving as the top-of-funnel channel and the CRM serving as the direct-membership distribution channel.

Name

Canadian Association of Physicists

Legal name

Canadian Association of Physicists

Website

https://cap.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1945

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Canadian Association of Physicists is a national non-profit professional society, founded in 1945, that serves Canadian physicists, researchers, educators, and students through membership services, the annual CAP Congress, and a recognition/awards program including the High School-Cegep Teacher Award.

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Renfrew

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

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B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

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Core offering

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is a national nonprofit professional membership society for physicists, researchers, educators, and students in Canada. It delivers membership services, organizes the annual CAP Congress for community convening, and administers an awards and recognition program including the High School-Cegep Teacher Award and medal nominations. Operations are supported by a WordPress website and a CiviCRM-based membership and event management system hosted by Coop SymbioTIC.

Product overview

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is a professional membership association for physicists in Canada. The organization offers membership services, organizes the annual CAP Congress, and manages awards including the High School-Cegep Teacher Award and medal nominations. The association operates a CRM system (powered by CiviCRM) for member services, award nominations, and member account management.

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Regional players

• Australian Institute of Physics: National professional body for physicists in Australia running membership, awards, and an annual congress (AIP Congress). Closely parallels CAP's national-society model, but serves a different geography.
• Canadian Mathematical Society: National Canadian society for mathematicians running membership, awards, and an annual meeting. Direct structural analog to CAP — same national scope, same non-profit society model, same congress-and-awards program mix — but in an adjacent scientific discipline.
• European Physical Society: Europe-wide learned society for physics that organizes member divisions, awards, and conferences. Comparable in mission and association structure to CAP, but operates at a regional (pan-European) rather than national scale.

Direct peers

• American Physical Society: National professional society for physicists in the United States. Operates member services, annual meetings, multiple awards programs, and journals — directly analogous to CAP's mission, scale, and program mix, with CAP being a smaller, Canada-scoped equivalent.
• Institute of Physics: UK-based chartered body for physicists that runs membership programs, awards, education initiatives, and an annual congress. Closely comparable to CAP in activities (awards, congress, education outreach) and non-profit association structure, though larger and more international.
• American Association of Physics Teachers: US association focused on physics education, running teacher awards, meetings, and curriculum programs. Directly comparable to CAP's education pillar, including a flagship teacher recognition program analogous to CAP's High School-Cegep Teacher Award.

Emerging players

• Royal Society of Canada: Canada's national academy of distinguished scholars across disciplines including physical sciences. Comparable as a Canadian non-profit learned society that runs awards and member recognition programs, though multi-disciplinary rather than physics-specific.

Broad incumbents

• American Institute of Physics: US federation of physical-science societies that publishes journals, runs advocacy, and supports member societies. Comparable in mission of advancing physics and supporting member-facing services, though at a broader umbrella scale than CAP.
• International Union of Pure and Applied Physics: Global scientific union that coordinates international physics collaboration, commissions, and awards. Overlaps CAP's advocacy and recognition mission at a much broader global scale, with CAP sitting as a national affiliate-style peer.

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