A control apparatus for an electrically driven vehicle includes a electronic control unit (15) and a dynamic power transmission mechanism (9). The electronic control unit (15) is configured to control the dynamic power transmission mechanism (9) to execute a slip control such that the speed of an electric motor (3) is a higher speed than a speed of the electric motor (3) at a predefined time point and speed of a relative rotation in the fluid coupling (11) increases, in a case of determining that the operating state of the electric motor (3) becomes the operating state in which the value of the heat load is the predetermined value or greater, the predefined time point being a time point when the operating state of the electric motor (3) becomes the operating state in which the value of the heat load is the predetermined value or greater.
