For those who are worrying about Syrian refugee causing delays in family sponsorship read this article;
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/refugees-non-syrian-1.3316467 Nov 15, 2015
"In a statement to CBC News, McCallum says that while "All Syrian resettlement applications and sponsorships are being processed on a priority basis... Other refugee populations continue to be processed as per usual and existing commitments and admission targets will be met."
They are referring to other refugees, they might be delayed not family / spousal sponsorship. Which make makes sense since we are dealing different departments. Correct me if I'm wrong.