Thanks! Sucks for you November applicants espacially because CIC always says that they work on the application in the order they were received.
Hang in there it'll come.
No email on my side and I don't think we'll get one. From what I read here and saw in the spreadsheet you'll have it in the mail in 3-10 days. I guess it depends on where you live.
I just got my work permit approved in MyCIC today. CIC Mississauga received my app on December 16th 2016.
Hope you'll get yours soon too, seeing that I applied a month after you.