Depending on what type of Passport you are applying for, I mean to say what category.
Regular passports without travel plans:
Postal: More than 3 months
Mail in : More than 3 months
Walk in Service Canada: more than 3 months
urgent passports with Travel plans:
travel dates:
Less than 2 days:
Urgent Pickup: $ 110 Fee + Passport Fee
Travel More than 2 days:
Express Pick up $ 50 per application + Passport Fee
If you would like to have a peace of mind, just get a ticket to Newyork or somewhere (fully refundable) and go for express pickup pay 50 extra get the passport and say goodbye to passport canada and cancel the ticket and get your money back, all you lose is 50 dollars extra per passport but it is worth than waiting and calling million times to speak once to know it is not reviewed Yet. Follow the passport application forums for more details.
The timelines are based on most common reviews by the applicants, it doesn't apply to one in blue moon who got their regular application quick passport. I am a Walk in Service Canada Applicant waiting for the passport (Applied at Service Canada on March 19th, Mail out April 20th, Passport printed May 12th (for my son & myself), May 18th (wife), yet not received, and they say they haven;t mailed out yet. as of today I have not received my passport. There are people who applied before me and not received , some applications not even reviewed Yet.