Yes, I feel the same. If you check the forums for April, May and June applicants (june forum was deleted by the way) you will see lots of people commenting and posting timelines. Probably there are less July applicants. In my case I was nominated oinp in May 2017 so I could apply for PR in May or June 2017. However because I was looking for job in those months it took me 2 months to complete my application and I apply until July. Probably provinces released nominations in the first half of the year 2017 and by July 2017 most nominees had already applied. I am just guessing. What do you think? I am not sure if provinces nominate people all year around or only certain months. That would definitely define a pattern of months with more PR applications than others (as I guess most people would apply withing a month after being nominated). Please share your thoughts.