Topic

What hotel reviews say about cleanliness in Canada

Cleanliness appears in 5.0% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.

Google Maps is below the baseline by 2.6 percentage points.

Confidence
33,460
Reviews analyzed
Last update
August 23, 2026
2 platforms in the sample

At a glance

Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.

This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.

Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.

Google Maps
Signal balance: +16.1pp

Complaint signal

3.4%

Praise signal

19.6%

Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +26.2pp

Complaint signal

6.6%

Praise signal

32.8%

How this market compares

Compare Hotels in Canada with peer markets in other countries.

Largest gap: Google Maps is below baseline by 2.6 points.

Google Maps

Global Hotels baseline

6.0%

Tripadvisor

Global Hotels baseline

6.7%

Platform-by-platform signal

Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.

Tripadvisor

Complaint signal is 6.6%.

Praise signal is 32.8%.

Baseline signal is 6.7%.

Delta vs baseline is -0.1 points.

Google Maps

Complaint signal is 3.4%.

Praise signal is 19.6%.

Baseline signal is 6.0%.

Delta vs baseline is -2.6 points.

Largest difference from baseline

This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.

Google Maps

2.6pp below

Current signal is below baseline by 2.6 points (current 3.4%, baseline 6.0%).

Tripadvisor

0.1pp below

Current signal is below baseline by 0.1 points (current 6.6%, baseline 6.7%).

What reviewers keep mentioning

These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.

Google Maps Top complaints
Dirty.
Google Maps Top complaints
Very dirty.
Google Maps Top complaints
1 roll toilet paper and stained lamp shades badly hung curtains and paint chipping, not so clean for the $$$$ Covid cleansing and paint required!
Google Maps Top praises
Clean.
Google Maps Top praises
Very clean.
Google Maps Top praises
Clean rooms.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
Dirty
Tripadvisor Top complaints
Dirty and smelly
Tripadvisor Top complaints
Dirty!
Tripadvisor Top praises
Very clean.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Clean.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Room was clean.

Representative review quotes

These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.

Google Maps Complaint quote
The lack of maintenance, cleanliness and basic comfort was unacceptable.

Review rating: 1.0

Google Maps Praise quote
Beds are great, bathroom clean.

Review rating: 5.0

Tripadvisor Complaint quote
Missing Belongings, Privacy Concerns and Poor Cleanliness

Review rating: 1.0

Tripadvisor Praise quote
Clean rooms overlooking Canada place.

Review rating: 5.0

What the signal means

Coverage

319 insight listings mention Cleanliness in this scope.

Signal strength

Complaint signal is 5.0% across available platforms.

Praise signal is 26.2% across available platforms.

Next step

Pick one issue worth checking, then use recent reviews to see whether the pattern is still present.

This Hotels view keeps the evidence focused on one business type in Canada. Compare its complaint and praise rates with the broader country topic before treating the pattern as category-specific. Check the source mix and review excerpts, then use your own recent feedback to decide whether the same issue deserves attention.

Use the Cleanliness signal to decide where to look, then check it against recent feedback from your own Hotels.

Evidence behind this topic

  • Cleanliness groups review language such as clean, cleanliness, dirty, hygiene, pests, and sanitary, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
  • Canada, Hotels uses 33460 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 6 locality records, and 319 supporting insight listings for Cleanliness.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest complaint signal for Cleanliness at 6.6%, compared with a measured average of 5.0% across platforms.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Cleanliness at 32.8%, compared with a measured average of 26.2% across platforms.

How reliable is this signal?

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Reviews analyzed

33,460

Collected reviews: 1,143,058 · Analysis coverage: 2.9%

Platforms covered

2

Last update

August 09, 2026

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