№ 01Community association
5 / 5
“Revenue from membership sales and renewals increased, and we save a significant amount of staff time and paperwork. The customer service is outstanding and the team at Communal continues to add helpful features.”
Resident & Neighbourhood Association Software
Resident and neighbourhood association software for Canadian community leagues, community associations and residents' associations. Resident memberships are tied to your boundary, so only addresses inside it can buy one, and the member list is ready for the AGM without a spreadsheet clean-up.
- Resident memberships visible only to addresses inside your boundary
- Members join, renew and pay online instead of mailing cheques
- Federations can run every league on one system, as EFCL does for 163 leagues
Where residents' association management software helps
Know who can vote
Make your voting membership a plan tied to the boundary, and the plan itself tells you who holds one. Export the list before the AGM.
Check residency without a volunteer
Each address is matched against the boundary you drew on the map, so nobody squints at postal codes on registration night.
Stop depositing cheques
Members pay by card online, and the payment shows up on their record instead of in the treasurer's deposit book.
Keep the board's history
When the board turns over at the AGM, the member list, payments and settings stay put. New directors just get a login.
Powering 500+ community organizations
Residents' association management software with your boundary built in
Most resident and neighbourhood associations in Canada keep full or voting membership for people who live in the area. In Communal you draw that area on a map once, tie your resident plan to it, and every sign-up is checked against it. People outside the line see only the plans you open to everyone, such as an associate membership.
How the check works: region-specific memberships.
Resident memberships by boundary
Communal checks each member's address against the boundary you drew, so nobody compares postal codes by hand. See region-specific memberships.
An AGM member list
The member export lists each person's address, plan and status, so the list at the registration table is current on the night.
League programs
Skating lessons, soccer registration and the seniors' coffee morning take signups and payment with a member price.
Donations and CRA receipts
Registered charities can have a tax receipt emailed with each donation, switched on or off per campaign. See automatic tax receipts.
Federations of leagues
A federation sees member numbers across its leagues while each league keeps its own Stripe account. EFCL runs 163 Edmonton leagues this way. See chapter management.
Volunteer shifts
Rink flooding, the spring clean-up and event set-up go out as shifts people sign up for online.
Resident memberships, checked against your boundary
Tie a plan to the boundary and only people whose address falls inside it can see and buy it. The board can see who is current before the AGM without phoning the membership director.
- Address autocomplete, then a boundary check at sign-up
- Resident and associate plans at different prices
- Member export with address, plan and status
League programs and events on the same member list
Run skating lessons, a soccer season or the Canada Day pancake breakfast where your memberships live, so a resident member gets the member price without showing a card.
- Registration with capacity limits and online payment
- A member price and a guest price on each program
- A waitlist that keeps join order when a program fills
Donations with CRA receipts, and volunteer shifts
If your association is a registered charity, a donation can email its tax receipt automatically. Volunteer shifts for rink flooding or the spring clean-up sit in the same system, on the same member records.
- Tax receipts emailed automatically, switched on per campaign
- Volunteer shifts with online sign-up and hours
- Donations shown on the donor's member record
See how community organizations use Communal
Calgary community associations running summer camps, soccer registration, courts and a community garden on Communal.
Programs & Events
How North Glenmore Park Doubled Summer Camp Capacity
North Glenmore Park Community Association
2XCamp capacity increase
Read Case Study →
Facility Rentals
How Hawkwood Increased Revenue with Unified Management
Hawkwood Community Association
IncreasedMembership revenue
Read Case Study →
Programs & Events
How Tuscany Reduced Soccer Registration Workload by 500%
Tuscany Community Association
5-6XWorkload reduction
Read Case Study →500+ community organizations use Communal for memberships, programs and payments, including Calgary community associations and Edmonton community leagues.
Book a walkthrough with your boundary map and membership types in hand. We'll show you how resident sign-up would work for your association.
Book a DemoGuides for resident and neighbourhood associations
Reading for Canadian community boards on renewals, volunteers and keeping members engaged between AGMs.
Renewals
Membership Renewal Email Templates
Useful renewal messaging examples for resident groups that want better renewal rates without adding more admin work.
Read guide →OperationsHow to Automate Membership Renewals
A practical look at reducing repetitive renewal tasks for volunteer-run community organizations.
Read guide →Buying guideMembership Software for Nonprofits
How to compare systems when your resident association runs memberships, events, and maybe donations too.
Read guide →VolunteersVolunteer Rewards Programs
Ideas for recognizing contributors and keeping resident participation healthy over time.
Read guide →CoordinationVolunteer Scheduling Software
What helps resident groups coordinate event help and recurring volunteer work with less confusion.
Read guide →RetentionMembership Retention Strategies
Ways to keep more residents engaged between renewals, events, and annual meetings.
Read guide →Frequently asked questions about resident and neighbourhood association software
Residents' association management software keeps your member list, dues, events and board records in one system. For Canadian resident and neighbourhood associations the part that matters most is residency: Communal checks each member's address against a boundary you draw, so resident memberships go only to people who live in the area.
You draw your boundary on a map in Settings and tie a membership plan to it. When someone signs up, address autocomplete finds their address and Communal checks it against the boundary. People inside see the resident plan; people outside see only plans with no boundary, such as an associate membership.
Yes, through the plan. Communal has no separate voting flag, so associations make the voting membership its own plan tied to the boundary. The member export then lists each person's address, plan and status, which is the list you need at the door.
Yes. The Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues runs 163 leagues on Communal. Each league keeps its own memberships and Stripe account, and the federation sees member numbers across all of them. Read the EFCL case study.
Yes, if your association is a registered charity. A tax receipt is emailed automatically with each donation, and you choose per campaign whether receipts are issued.
The records stay in Communal. New directors get a login with the manager roles they need, and access for outgoing directors is removed without touching the member history.
Yes. Communal starts at $75/month for up to 250 members, priced by member band rather than per member, and that includes donations and volunteer shifts. View pricing for current details.
Same product, Canadian focus: resident boundaries, community leagues, cheques and CRA receipts. For running a community association board more generally, see community association software. US neighborhood groups should see membership software for neighborhood associations. For Canada-wide requirements such as data stored in Canada, see Canadian membership management software.
From teams who stopped taping tools together.
Community associations, rec centers, and member-based nonprofits across North America moved to Communal when their spreadsheet, booking calendar, and payment system stopped keeping up.
№ 02Switched providers
5 / 5
“My experience with the software and the team has been overwhelmingly positive. We switched from another provider and the difference was night-and-day!”
№ 03One application
5 / 5
“We are finally able to communicate with our members, run booking software and a program payment platform all in one application. The cost to our Community is very reasonable and the team is fantastic to work with.”
Bring us your messiest workflow. We'll walk it with you.
How the hall gets booked, how program pricing works, how you chase renewals. No canned tour. We walk Communal through your real process so you can see the fit before you decide.
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