Butte Creek Canyon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California. Butte Creek Canyon sits at an elevation of 1024 feet in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The 2020 United States census reported Butte Creek Canyon's population was 780, down from 1,086 at the 2010 census. In November 2018, the Camp Fire destroyed a large portion of the town.