Almost a quarter of Canadians (24.91 percent) cite French as their mother tongue. The remaining distribution is: English: 62.89 percent Other: (Italian, Chinese, German, etc.): 15.02 percent Aboriginal: 0.71 percent The total exceeds 100 percent because the census permitted the selection of more than one mother tongue Total populations from the 1991 census Canada: 27,296,855   Northwest Territories: 57,650 Yukon Territory: 27,795 British Columbia: 3,282,060 Alberta: 2,545,550 Saskatchewan: 988,930 Manitoba:1,091,940 Ontario: 10,084,885 Quebec: 6,895,965 New Brunswick: 723,900 Prince Edward Island: 129,765 Nova Scotia: 899,940 Newfoundland: 568,475