There are a lot of Ottawa residents that wish that were true in Ottawa, but it doesn't appear to be. Especially since there are no replies from the Ottawa office... One Ottawa resident got a certificate in the mail (after the four month wait) but the Ottawa IRCC officer forgot to register the certificate number in the record of citizenship system, so his passport application has been on hold for two months now as the passport can't be processed until the certificate number is registered. But, I'm thankful they are starting to catch up on the backlog. I know they have now printed the certificates from November and December (2 weeks ago I think?) but only mailed a few from November. I do know of a couple of people from December who were able to get told their certificate number now that they are printed so they could apply for passports... Hopefully it'll be on par with the other cities soon, once they clear up the certificate backlog!