I just wanted to post up my recent times in case anyone was wondering -
Mailed PR renewal from British Columbia on Sept 17, 2012
They received application on September 21, 2012.
Started processing on November 5, 2012.
Card approved on November 26, 2012.
I hope this information is useful, I was beginning to wonder because I hadn't received a letter or anything, but it looks like they didn't send a letter they just processed it.
Yes - I was expecting it to arrive in December based on the dates showing on their website. Not hearing anything for a couple of months can make you worry a bit but I'm glad it worked out okay.
Do you mind sharing with us about your case? Do you travel outside Canada at all ? Or you have submitted a very clean application with lots of proofs?
Thanks.