FSD referral program Canada 2026: how Tesla’s free trial works
Tesla has expanded its Full Self-Driving referral program to Canada and Mexico, and Drive Tesla reported on November 13, 2026 that the offer is now live for Canadian owners. Tesla North America confirmed the move in a post on X reading “Now available in Canada & Mexico.” The FSD referral program in Canada lets an owner send another Tesla owner a free one-month trial of FSD (Supervised).
The Canadian Tesla app began showing a referral banner on Thursday evening, November 12. It also shows a Refer and Earn screen where owners can follow their referrals and the rewards they have collected.
How the referral works
An owner shares a referral link, and the recipient gets one month of FSD (Supervised) at no charge. The referrer is rewarded only if the recipient starts a paid subscription before that free trial runs out.
The reward depends on how the referrer holds FSD. A referrer who already subscribes receives a free month of FSD. One who bought FSD outright receives a $99 Tesla Credit. The $99 figure matches Tesla Canada’s listed price for the monthly FSD (Supervised) subscription, which is available in Canada.
Recipients who subscribed to FSD within the previous 12 months are not eligible for the trial. The Tesla app shows a limit of up to 12 FSD referral rewards per calendar year.
What it replaces
The new offer takes the place of Tesla’s vehicle referral rewards, which were tied to vehicle sales. Those rewards included three months of FSD for referring a new buyer, and earlier cash discounts. Drive Tesla reports they have been removed in favour of this software-only program.
Because the FSD reward is not linked to a vehicle sale, Drive Tesla reports that owners in British Columbia can take part. Those owners were excluded from the vehicle referral rewards under provincial rules.
Drive Tesla also notes that Tesla stopped selling FSD outright earlier this year, leaving the $99 monthly subscription as the way to buy it today.
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