Even for those who absolutely hate the Tesla Cybertruck — for its appearance, its safety concerns or just what it represents — spotting one in the wild is an experience, its spaceship-like exterior and apocalypse-ready features making it a unique and unignorable presence on the roads.

The controversial but extraordinary new vehicle has been witnessed in the GTA on occasion since it first started hitting Canadian showrooms at the beginning of this year, but it hasn't actually been made available to consumers here yet.

That is, until now.

@elonmusk Cybertruck in Toronto. pic.twitter.com/siheGWuTDJ

— kimthuy (@thuykimle1) November 17, 2024

Toronto's streets seem to have been taken over by the ostentatious stainless steel-clad trucks recently, with more and more people seeing them in-person for the very first time and, of course, posting on social media about their sightings.

Ok, I was excited for my first @cybertruck sighting in Toronto! pic.twitter.com/7hO2SC6No6

— BetterMooseTrap (@Moose__Trap) November 16, 2024

While they have occupied driveways and parking garages across America since last fall, Tesla Canada only started taking orders for the $137,990-$165,990 CAD (depending on model, plus taxes and fees) beasts in August.

Deliveries finally kicked off north of the border around the beginning of November.

🇨🇦 @cybertruck deliveries have begun https://t.co/6lmOLZ20ey

— Tesla (@Tesla) November 5, 2024

Despite an influx of the vehicles since the very first Canadian shipments, Cybertrucks remain rare enough locally to draw attention wherever they go.

The EV's big arrival in the city began with a menacing-looking convoy that had people rubber-necking all over town as a group of the machines made its way around U of T campus, across Front Street and down other thoroughfares, ending in dealership parking lots across the GTA.

Cyber convoy pic.twitter.com/1I8jiIxeY1

— Javier Ayala (@javierodst) November 18, 2024

People have been seeing them around ever since as private owners finally get their hands on their new purchaes, whether parked in front of homes, left streetside outside of various attractions, or actually driving around.

Tesla's PR team has not yet replied to a request for comment at the time of publication, but a representative from the brand's call centre told blogTO on Tuesday (after over an hour of waiting on hold) that the proliferation of the cars on roads in the region is indeed probably because the Canadian shipments only began "a few weeks ago."

1st official sighting in a Toronto driveway. Had seen 1 other one on the 401

Pretty cool to see this beast @Tesla $TSLA #CyberTruck pic.twitter.com/DdJHCU8PwX

— Hedge (@HedgehogPlus) November 16, 2024

One parking enforcement officer even shared how she issued a Cybertruck a ticket on Bloor Street, marking her very first encounter with one.

Residents of other cities, like Vancouver, are starting to notice more of the vehicles around, too.

They’ve been out in Vancouver for 10 days I already see them everywhere.

— turkish (@t_rkish) November 18, 2024

As many rave about the one-of-a-kind EV as the car of the future in both look and functionality, others are still hellbent against the latest brainchild of controversial billionaire Elon Musk.

Flashy, expensive, gimmicky and perhaps unnecessary, it is certainly turning heads — while also turning the concept of the standard truck on its head.