The Western Grain Transportation Act (French: Loi sur les paiements de transition du grain de l’Ouest) was a 1983 Canadian federal statute under which the formula for calculating a transport subsidy was modified.
The subsidy, informally called the Crow Rate, Crow benefit or Crow subsidy, had been provided since 1897 by the Government of Canada to assist the rail transportation of specified grains and grain products to specified destinations within Canada for export.
The subsidy encouraged the movement of grain east and west to export shipping terminals.
The Act was abolished as part of budget balancing initiatives undertaken in 1995.
Subsequently, grain began moving south for transhipment through the United States.