Canvassing in London, Ontario presents unique geographical challenges. From the sprawling suburbs of Oakridge to the high-density residential towers popping up in Ward 13, a one-size-fits-all walk sheet will waste your volunteers' time.
The High-Density Problem
Traditional paper walk sheets are ordered geographically by street name and number. This works brilliantly for suburban neighborhoods, but fails catastrophically when a single address contains 300 units.
When volunteers are handed a paper list of 300 names for a single building, they often waste hours trying to cross-reference buzz codes or simply give up when they realize the building has strict anti-solicitation policies.
The Canvassed Solution
- Pre-Screening Buildings: Use your data to flag buildings with known secure entry (no-solicitation zones). Instead of sending volunteers to get rejected at the lobby, use Canvassed to automatically shift those addresses to a targeted direct-mail or phone-banking campaign.
- Floor-by-Floor Routing: For accessible buildings, our routing algorithm sorts voters by floor and unit number descending. Volunteers take the elevator to the top and walk down the stairs, hitting targeted doors efficiently without bouncing between floors.
- Real-time Access Notes: The first volunteer to discover a broken buzzer or a sympathetic superintendent can log it in the app, instantly alerting all future canvassers for that building.
Ditch the paper. Modern campaigns win on efficiency.