Hey guys!
I'm a September applicant, I suggest you take a look at our Spreadsheet to give you an idea of what time times are (click on my signature!). Right now, our average for AOR1 is 26 days after the application was received by CIC. I got mine in 24 days. Our AOR was actually sent to my husband (applicant), but addressed to me (sponsor). This has happened for a few people in our thread, which is unusual but not unheard of. So definitely check ALL emails you provided to CIC for your AOR, no telling who will receive it.
Don't bother trying to link with ECAS right now, I suggest waiting until at least after SA. I have not been able to link on ECAS yet.
I was able to link on MyCIC about a week before AOR. Try multiple different combinations of data, it can be tricky. Once you are successful with linking in MyCIC, you will probably see your application number looking like this XF000, the X means it's a temporary number. Once it changes to F000, that is your permanent application number. Actually, I saw the change on mine before I even got the AOR email (one day before).
Hope this helps!