There are good chances of the entire backlog being winded up till 2013! provided the Cap limit does not increase and Visa Quotas do not decrease.
jnathan said:canadaforall,
NO, They dont have that many applications on their hands to pull the processing time to 4-5 yrs.
they will take no more than 1.5 year from now on. they are currently showing some respect to their voters wishes and soon Canada would find many of their crucial jobs vacant and they'd start issuing more PR visas than now.