In fact if you never left canada for 10 yrs then many things to check . 99% of people had at least one trip in last 10 years who applied for citizenship. Anything abnormal seeks more attention than a regular case. If you have 12 grade that will give you university admission but if you have Bsc, Msc , PHD then only your 12 grade certificate won't land you to any university unless you send all the transcripts.
Did you even travel from Asia to US/Canada without any checked and carry on bag? I did once and I was sent to secondary about the suspicion about not having any bag pack.
Your logic is flawed. Background checks are a different beast from active screening like those conducted at airports.
A background check has a fixed list, once the boxes are ticked, that's all, you move on to the next things. While active screenings require you to keep multiple changing variables in consideration, so anything that deviates from the norm stands out.
A common name like John Smith or Ahmed Abdul, would trigger multiple similarities during a background check (hence fingerprint requests and the like), requiring further examination, while an uncommon name would not. If a person has spent all 10 years in Canada, there would be no need to reach out to interpol and other national police forces for additional background checks, unlike someone who has visited multiple countries for longer durations.
