Here is my timeline:
Application Received by CIC (Sydney): August 28, 2013
Letter of Acknowledgement: October 30, 2013
Fingerprint Request: June 6, 2014
Fingerprints Submitted to RCMP: June 12, 2014
As of yesterday (July 30, 2014), my fingerprints have been confirmed as received by CIC, call centre agent advised me that my file is simply waiting for citizenship test date at Mississauga office.