Extension of Speedy-10’s post, see: https://forums.puri.sm/t/count-down-for-librem5-delivered-to-europe-listed-by-ordering-time/11065/7
Example:
country; ordered in June 2017
receipt date of the shipping/modem confirmation email
received: December 2020
US; Ordered August 2019
Receipt date: November 11th, 2019
Received: N/A
US; Ordered Sept 7 2017
Email confirmation date: Nov 12 2020
Ship date: Nov 17 2020 (Fedex)
Received: Nov 18 2020
(Edit: I’m not far from one of Purism’s distribution points, I think.)
Canada; Ordered January 29th, 2019
Email confirmation date: n/a
Ship date: n/a
Received: n/a
Anwering for @mattnewport: He ordered August 2017 and holds it in hands since a couple of days.
Yep, can confirm:
Canada, Ordered August 24th 2017
Receipt date: November 19th 2020 (email confirming my shipping address and modem choice)
Ship date: November 24th 2020
Received: November 29th 2020 (should have been 27th but holdup with import fees)
US; Ordered Oct 2017
Receipt date: N/A
Received: N/A
What is receipt date?
It’s supposed to be the date you receive your email confirming your shipping address and modem choice, in order to get an idea of how long shipping takes. I believe @nerd7473 and @davedarr are confused.
As am I. 
Ok cause I was getting confused
Sweden
Ordered: Sept 28, 2017
Modem choice mail: still waiting
Received: still waiting
Considering the others in list who’s received it, maybe I’m not too far away after all 
@johan-bjareholt there’s a separate Europe thread --> "Count down" for Librem5 delivered to europe listed by ordering time
[edit: would be more logical to have this named “North-America” (in stead of “not Europe”) and have separate threads by continents]
Canada
Ordered: Oct 23, 2017
Modem choice mail: still waiting
Received: still waiting
Not sure if Santa would be delivering my Christmas Gift 
The date you got your order confirmation for which one you’d be in
I guess it would work for Canada too
Oh man… 2017? I guess I’m not going to have my 1/2019 order for the holidays this year. One last jab from 2020 
I was really hoping to get it before the end of the year but now I think that I’ll be lucky to get it before April. 
On the bright side, the longer it takes to get it, the more likely we will get it with camera and MMS support.
Well, that’s good to know. I ordered mine in October 2018, but haven’t received an email requesting a modem preference. I’ll try to be patient. We’re all like kids at Christmas. 