Yesterday I read that they send to local VO if you answer yes to statutory questions such as "Have you been refused a visa?" etc. Otherwise, they finalize at CIO, I wonder if it's true.Actually there is one more CIO in Ottawa
From what I read usually applications from all streams are processed at CIO in Sydney and Ottawa. From there they are distributed to different VOs to split the workload.
CEC applicants are usually processed within Canada and for FSW-O it is usually done at their nearest VO.