Hi Alsterix&Caterina,
My wife and I were the September 25th applicant, and we received AIP as PA & SA last friday (September 13th).
The emails was sent from the Vancouver office so I am guessing our applications were among the ones that were sent out to Vancouver office. I contacted the CIC earlier last week as well as I was curious to where we were at, and they told me we should be expecting everything by the end of the month. At the moment, on ECAS, I can see that my status has changed to DM, and my wife's still in process. I hope we can have it all finalized soon.
Where did you apply? I hope all works out, I know the wait is long but we are all so close to the end!