I migrated from the USA to Canada last year on spousal sponsorship and the process end-to-end took ~7 months. I submitted the application while I still lived in

I migrated from the USA to Canada last year on spousal sponsorship and the process end-to-end took ~7 months. I submitted the application while I still lived in the US and I was told that helps me as far as processing times. I'm sure a lot of factors come in to play, though.