Current Processing times for Citizenship applications
If you submitted your application for Canadian citizenship expect to wait a really, really, really long time. Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) is currently taking approximately 19 months to complete an application for citizenship.
From the time you submit your application it will take approximately one (1) year for you to be called to write the “knowledge-of-Canada” test, also known as the citizenship test, if you require one. After you take your citizenship test you can expect to wait another 7 months to be called for the ceremony.
If you have submitted your citizenship application and already received your acknowledgment letter you may check the status of your application online at the following link: https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/?app=ecas&lang=en
I submitted my application in July 1st 2011, they sent me an acknowledgment letter in less than 10 days. Its been almost 14 months since I applied and they still didnt invite me for an interview…I am quite frustrated esp that I’ve lived in Canada for such a long time…completing both an undergrad and masters degrees and worked for around 2 years.
This is a gross underestimate. For “non routine” applications, it is averaging 35 months for 80% of applications to be completed.