Looks more like a pine to me.

You might be right. I do have some small white pines around, this one might just be a much smaller version.

White pine would have soft needles in groups of 5. The plant in the picture looks like a spruce (with each needle arising singly from a peg-like structure). Would guess Norway Spruce but since you have White Spruce (Alberta) that is a possibility as well.

I'd go with lycopus on this one, then.

Definitely a spruce, maybe a big one (most are).

Thank you all for your suggestions. I'm going to see if I can't find some spruce seedlings on online to compare.