I have finally received confirmation of PR today after a long long wait. I submitted my application in December 2020, heard nothing for months and months and months, grew pretty frustrated as we all have been.
I turned 30 in April of this year and knew that IEC programs were not possible beyond that age, so I decided to apply for the IEC pool for the UK, hoping to get a 2-year work permit while I waited. I was very lucky in that I landed a visa in the random lottery and moved to Toronto in June of this year, with a job in hand. I updated my address to my new one in Toronto, via webform, and I suspect this was a catalyst in my application being looked at as almost immediately, I received a request for POF, proof of income for certain jobs declared and an updated Schedule A form. Submitted all of that within 10 days, which was about 3 weeks ago, and have received confirmation now.
It's been a long, long road and although I have taken a somewhat different route of pushing my application forward, one that isn't afforded to everyone, I believe that the December 2020s are finally being wrapped up, as I know others who submitted same time as me who are now seeing progress. I wish everyone all the very best!