How to Use a Tesla Referral Code in Canada

A step-by-step walkthrough for ordering on tesla.com/en_ca: where the referral attaches, when the 3-month FSD (Supervised) trial appears, and what to do if you forgot to add it.

Disclosure: referral links use rel="nofollow sponsored". Opening one may earn the code’s owner Tesla Credits; it costs you nothing. We are not affiliated with Tesla, Inc.

Before you order: open the link first

The single most important step. The referral must be active in your session before you place the order. Open the referral link (or copy the code), then start your build — not the other way around.

Step by step

1. Open the referral link

   Tap “Open at Tesla” above. It carries the code to tesla.com/en_ca automatically.

2. Pick your model and trim

   Model 3, Model Y or Cybertruck qualify. Configure paint, wheels and interior as you like.

3. Reach the order summary

   Before payment, look for the 3-month FSD (Supervised) trial line. That confirms the referral is attached.

4. Place the order

   The trial activates automatically after delivery — no coupon code, no follow-up email required.

Note on screenshots: order-summary captures will be added here from a live Canadian order; we don’t reuse Tesla marketing renders. See our image-credits doc.

When the FSD trial activates

The 3-month FSD (Supervised) trial starts after your car is delivered and appears in the vehicle’s software menu — there is nothing to redeem manually.

Three months free is not the same as three months of use

Worth planning for, because the trial runs on a calendar and not on your convenience: the clock starts when the trial is granted, not when you first have a free weekend to try it. If your delivery lands in December in a snowbelt province, a meaningful part of those three months can pass in conditions where you would use it least — and nothing pauses it while you wait for better weather.

So treat the first two weeks as the part that matters. Drive the routes you would actually want it for — a highway commute, a long trip — rather than saving it for a scenario that may not arrive inside the window. The point of a trial is a decision, and a decision needs the kind of driving you do most, early enough to still have weeks left to reconsider.

One practical note that follows from it: put the end date in your calendar the day the trial appears. A subscription that begins because a trial lapsed unnoticed is the most avoidable cost in this whole programme.

“I already ordered” — your options

Which province governs, and when that is fixed

This is the step that has no equivalent in a single-market country, and it is easy to skip because nothing on the order screen shouts about it. The buyer benefit is the same everywhere in Canada. What varies by province is the referrer’s reward and which government rebate sits alongside your order — and both follow the province of delivery, not the province you happen to be sitting in while configuring.

Two practical consequences. If you are moving between provinces around the time of delivery, the delivery location is the variable that matters, so it is worth deciding that before ordering rather than after. And if you are buying in one province for delivery in another, confirm with Tesla that delivery is available where you intend to register the car before you assume the rebate picture from your home province applies.

What we can state plainly: your own reward as the buyer does not change with the province, so none of this puts your benefit at risk. What it changes is the referrer’s side and the government layer — the larger of the two by a wide margin. Check your province’s page on this site for the specifics, and treat the government rebate as the thing worth researching properly.

Link vs code

A link (ts.la/<code>) just pre-applies the code for you. Typing the code manually reaches the same result. Use whichever is easier on your device.

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J. Tremblay — Editor, Refera (placeholder persona — see README). Reviewed 2026-07-14.