@ZAtoCD how did you know that you passed the eligibility and criminality? Did you call IRCC?Background check is a combination of criminality and security checks. The criminality is where IRCC looks at your PCC. To see if you have a criminal record.
The security check is longer, where they look at things like your travel history. That is to determine if you are a risk to Canada in general.
Mine also says "in progress. It has for a long time. If you get in touch with IRCC, they differentiate between the two parts. But having said that, all they told me was what I stated in my previous comment - not yet started, and that I should be patient, because Covid is disrupting normal processing of applications.