It looks like Citizenship and Immigration Canada have assigned more staff to the Permanent Resident Card section. In December 2010 I was shocked to find out that it was going to take 201 days to renew my card that ran out on 1st March 2011. In true BritClub fashion I rang them and complained because my two sons and my wife were travelling to the US and UK respectively after the cards had expired. It seems there must have been a lot of complaints because the wait is now down to 127 days.
Having said this, if you are travelling and your card is about to expire, you send in proof of travel with your renewal application and write "Urgent - Proof of Travel Enclosed" on the envelope. The effect of this is that we got the appointment to pick up the new cards in around two weeks and were in possession of the new cards in about 4 weeks. So, to be fair it does seem like Citizenship and Immigration Canada have got their act together after all.
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