welcome canadasloes!
you cannot fill out your forum profile until you send out 10 or 20 messages, sorry i'm not sure. maybe someone else will give you correct info on this.
regarding your timeline... WOW!! you are one of those unfortunate to fall under 2013 batch, which had really hard time, with the strike and all that. hopefully, your agony is going to be over soon. can't tell you how long it is going to take, i believe that no one can, but i am sure that your app will be finished very soon. a friend of mine from 2013 batch, sent her app in july, got her PER in october 2013, and MR in january this year! she has finished everything and got her visa, she is leaving in a month. so, 2013 applicants have very different experiences. however, they all have finished their paperwork. good luck with your app and keep us posted!