Canadian reservation holders of the Rivia R2 SUV will start receiving their order invitations in the first half of 2027, according to an email shared by a customer this week.
The email, posted to the Rivian subreddit by a user who reserved on March 8, 2024 — one day after the R2 was revealed — offers the clearest timeline yet for Canadian buyers.
“Thank you for being among the first in Canada to place a reservation for R2,” the email reads. “You can expect your order invitation in the first half of 2027. More specific timing information will be sent later this year, so keep an eye on your inbox.”
The email is the first specific window Rivian has attached to Canadian ordering since it removed the previously listed C$66,500 starting price and pushed the country’s launch from 2026 to 2027 in February.
US Order Invitations
The 2027 order window places Canada roughly a year behind the US timeline.
Rivian began sending order invitations to American reservation holders on June 9, the same day it started customer deliveries and opened public test drives.
Invitations were released in batches as production ramped.
Rivian began showing US reservation holders for its R2 electric SUV an estimate of when they can expect an invitation to order, meeting a self-imposed end-of-June deadline as windows appeared in customer accounts on Tuesday.
Once an order is confirmed, Rivian guides customers to a delivery window of about two to six weeks.
Depending on the configuration US customers choose, current order placements can be expected from between two weeks to early 2027, matching the Canadian timeline.
The company opened US orders with the Performance trim and Launch Package at $57,990.
The dual-motor all-wheel-drive variant produces 656 horsepower and 609 lb-ft of torque, accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, and offers an EPA-estimated 330 miles (531 km) of range.
The R2 Premium is scheduled to follow in late 2026 at $53,990, with the lower-range Standard variants arriving through 2027.
Tariffs Still Cloud Canadian Pricing
The company has yet to publish a starting price for the Canadian market.
The C$66,500 figure that appeared on Rivian‘s Canadian website when the R2 was unveiled in March 2024 was removed when the launch was pushed back.
The R2 will initially be built in the US, suggesting units exported to Canada could face duties depending on how cross-border tariffs settle between the two countries.
The uncertainty around the trading scenario makes a straight currency conversion an unreliable guide to eventual Canadian pricing, as the USMCA remains under renegotiation.
Tesla, whose Model Y competes with the R2 in the mid-size electric SUV segment, has taken a different approach.
Since last year, Tesla has imported Model Y units into Canada from its Berlin factory in Germany rather than from its US plants, sidestepping the duties applied to vehicles crossing the US-Canada border.
The European sourcing route insulates Canadian Model Y pricing from US trade friction, an advantage Rivian does not currently hold for the R2.
Canadian Rebates
Canada’s consumer rebate returned in February under a new name, the Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (EVAP), part of the federal government’s C$2.3 billion EV adoption package announced in February.
EVAP offers up to C$5,000 for battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles and up to C$2,500 for plug-in hybrids, backed by C$2.275 billion over five years.
The program applies to vehicles with a final transaction value of C$50,000 or less, though vehicles built in Canada are exempt from that ceiling.
Eligibility also requires that a vehicle be manufactured in Canada or imported from a country with an active free-trade agreement with Canada, which excludes Chinese-built EVs.
A US-built R2 could qualify on origin grounds under the USMCA framework, but the Performance trim’s $57,990 starting price, before tariffs and currency conversion, sits above the C$50,000 threshold.
The reinstated rebate drove more than 24,400 sales in its first three months.
Scaling
Rivian‘s physical footprint in Canada also remains limited.
The company operates Service Centers in Richmond, British Columbia, Vaughan, Ontario, and Calgary, Alberta, leaving the majority of the country without a dedicated site.
Rivian has said it plans to push its global service network beyond 150 locations by the end of 2027.
The company raised its full-year delivery forecast on Thursday after second-quarter deliveries came above consensus at 12,194 EVs.
Rivian lifted its 2026 delivery range to between 65,000 and 70,000 vehicles, from a prior target of 62,000 to 67,000 — an increase of 3,000 units at each end.
R2 handovers and stronger demand for its trucks and commercial vans were the reasons cited by management.
