Why is everyone so worried about SA time going from 53 to 56? When I sent my documents, I think it was 38, by the time my docs arrived, it was 43 days ? (I may be a day or so off).
They accepted my documents on May 5th, and I got SA on June 30th.
My application was simple and clean, there were no obstacles and I provided more than required.
If you do your math, that is 56 days. Most of the people (99%, but there were couple of lucky ones that got it quicker) that match my dates got it the same day +/- 1 day.
People who sent a week later, got their SA a week later.
So the number 56 is realistic number that reflects what actually is happening.
With the limit increased for immigration in Canada this year that is approaching historic records, and very little money been added to the budget, I can only predict the numbers going up, unless people all suddenly will not want to immigrate to Canada