Friend, Follow this link ----> http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/december-2014-applications-t254246.345.html
It has all the people who applied in Dec....as far as the progress is concerned...CIO is charging the fees for applications recieved around Sep 20 and so you are still a long way before your money would be charged and you would be issued an AOR....Keep paitience and stay blsd....Thx....