Applied online for a Visitors Visa on August 30
Approved and asked to submit my passport at a VAC Sep 1
Submitted at Bangalore VAC on Sep 6
Processed by Canadian Visa Office on Sep 14
At Bangalore VAC on Sep 15
Picking it up today Sep 16
This could probably have been much shorter if I had submitted my passport immediately and if there had not been holidays and bandhs (strikes) in Bangalore. In other words, I could probably have gotten the stamped passport by Sep 10 if I had submitted it on Sep 2. Anyway, I was/am not in a hurry
I have a history of travel, so that's probably why I got the visa without much of a problem.
Telephone helpline not particularly helpful but not rude either.
Thanks