As Canon already has a mirrorless mount that will work with FF it's my guess they might just use that.The OP raised a question about what mount Canon might use for its new FF mirrorless (if in fact they do anyhtingIf you don't care about APS-C, then you shouldn't have responded to a comment about APS-C.I don't really give a damn about APS-C. That was just a passing comment. I still hold by my original assertion that Nikon will be the only company with a mount specifically and optimally designed for FF mirrorless, if Canon adopt the EF-M mount for FF.I think you need some engineering lessons.I think you need some engineering lessons:Jumpin jeeezers Jim Jam!
A throat diameter of 46-47mm is suboptimal for freedom of design with FF lenses. It is true to say that Nikon Optical engineers decided on a FF mirrorless mount unrestricted by APS-C origins.
Consequently Nikon has a problem in reverse. If they want an APS-C sensor in the Z mount it will be too large.
The Z-mount is not "too large" for APS-C sensors. APS-C in a Z-mount will work just fine, with plenty of room for IBIS, and large barrel diameter to prevent vignetting; and Nikon can actually make smaller DX "Z" mirrorless cameras than DX "F" DSLRs.
Several mounts have high image-circle to mount diameters. For example, Nikon's own Nikon-1 mount had a 40mm diameter, while the image-circle/sensor diameter was less than 16mm. I don't remember people complaining about it being too big for its sensor size.
55mm is not a particularly large size. Most mobile phones today are roughly 70mm wide. In theory, Nikon could make a Z-mount camera of any sensor size below FF, that is smaller (though thicker) than your mobile phone.
I do care about crop formats because they are a cost effective way to drastically increase reach & speed. If I want to take a detailed picture of the moon, for example, I can either use a 500mm lens on a Nikon D850 and crop to fill the frame; or I can use that same 500mm lens on a Nikon 1 J5, which has 3x the resolution of the D850. If the silicon used for the J5 was cut to a full-frame sensor, it would be 150MP.
Sensor cropping with higher pixel density is the modern response to teleconverters.. I'm suggesting they might use the EF-M mount which they introduced for APS-C mirrorless. If they do that then its my assertion that Nikon will then be the only camera maker with a mount specifically designed for FF mirrorless. I'm not really saying anything else.
So what Sony and Canon have done, both of them, is design a mount that suits APS-C, and then shoehorn a FF sensor in later which just fits. I'm sure they had plans along those lines in the early design stages, but nonetheless that's the order they did it. Nikon have come at the new mount design in the reverse direction, favouring a design that specifically suited FF.
It's also possible that Canon could use the DSLR EF mount dimensions (54mm diameter) and shorten the flange distance to 16mm like Nikon. Unlikely but. Let's wait and see
I wonder if they might surprise us all by sticking with the regular EF DSLR mount along with the 44mm flange distance. That way their whole line of pro DSLR lenses will work. They can produce new lenses that extend into the body if they wanted.
With full frame and 1.4 lenses the body needs to be large enough and needs enough space between the grip and the lens for fingers to be comfortable.
I think most full frame users have gotten used to the idea that FF mirrorless is not really allowing for smaller lenses so maybe a 6D sized mirrorless body that uses the full range of FF Canon DSLR lenses without an adapter may be a good idea.
Canon will still outsell everyone else and Canon FF DSLR users will be happy they can use their old lenses still.