Rishima - It generally takes 5-6 months for the process to complete in most cases, there are always going to be exceptions on both ends. The approximate time I noticed is 5-6 months. Personally mine was done in about 5 months for Passport request (add another month for visa and stuff). The important thing to note is the movement to the file. I had barely seen any movement for first 4 months and in the last month started seeing things move from NOT STARTED to Pass. Could have been system glitches.
You need to keep an eye on your email at all times to ensure you do not miss any request for information and updates. If you are inside the country it wont hurt to get your RCMP certificates (fingerprints) ready in about next 2-3 months to submit that when requested. Other than this piece of information which is not part of actual application, everything else I believe is ready on your end in terms of originals (Education, job letters, bank statements, police certificate, passports, marriage certs ....).
Good luck, if your papers are in order you just need to allow the process to work. Give yourself 6 months at the very least.
Hope this helped.