What exactly is your question?

Sorry for the confused question. I want to know if there is a reference for this type of scenario under the ASCE Snow provisions. Also, is there a Parapet height that will null the snow drift leeward on the canopy structure i am designing?

I want to know if there is a reference for this type of scenario under the ASCE Snow provisions.
Well, simply the overall provisions for drifting on lower roofs.

Also, is there a Parapet height that will null the snow drift leeward on the canopy structure i am designing?
We've always interpreted it this way:
1. The lower roof drifting is due to turbulent snow above the high roof, thrown into the air from the high roof or from the sky.
2. This turbulent snow eventually drops to the lower roof from above, not directly laterally where a parapet might affect it.
3. Thus, the parapet above does not affect the drifting below - other than create a higher wall on which snow can drift.
4. So in some sense, the higher parapet actually could intensify the height of drift, rather than lower it.

We would typically use the windward and leeward drift requirements as outlined in ASCE 7. In accordance with ASCE 7, the parapet will have no effect in reducing or increasing the amount of snow on your canopy (other than what JAE indicated in regards to the height possibly increasing the depth of the drift for a long roof).

I know I have had arguments proposed where the parapet will block the drift from forming on the canopy..... but I have never really bought into this argument.

Parapet will certainly block snow from the upper roof from landing on the lower roof, but it won't block snow drifts from the lower roofs piling up against the wall. NBC is certainly quite a bit more sophisticated with respect to snow loading than ASCE 7, but unless you are outside the US you will have to use the provision of ASCE.

Along the wall-roof junctions and exposed corners, the air flow is restricted due to abrupt changes in geometry, thus more accumulation of snow/dirt than the open areas. This phenomenon is well understood and adequately covered by any codes, I believe. I agree that there will not have any snow slide off the higher roof with parapet wall, but when the wall is facing the wind, there should be some snow drop off, through hitting/bouncing from the wall, in close vicinity of the wall-roof (canopy) junction. As this case, with 10'-6" wall height above canopy, the addition can be significantly higher. I don't know if this is considered in the codes or not.

I suspect there is more snow in Canada but I would not ever assume a parapet “blocks” snow. I’ve seen very large drifts below large parapets and also have seen the snow turbulence above high roof parapets. Snow doesn’t always move in a linear, horizontal fashion above the high roof and just drop down nice and neat on the lower roof.

You could perhaps assume that the upper parapet snow drift represents a reduction in available high roof snow but that quantity is generally fairly small compared to the overall available snow.

Thank you all for the inputs and suggestions. I have been deeply reading ASCE 7-10 Sow provisions and found a similar discussion in the "Frequently asked Questions" and it shows how some of the snow can be "captured" by the parapet, but only about 30% is done so, the rest is blown over onto the canopy. I have a large fetch distance, and it between that are a couple of parapet walls. Does this change the situation where you can assume some of the snow will be trapped by the parapet walls? i know that windward snow drift having the fetch distance of the canopy will also be considered, but i have been getting larger loads as the leeward towards the canopy. I have attached a sketch of the roof profile, hopefully this can illustrate better my case.

In the NBCC, if I run your building assuming it's half as big into the page as you show on your cross section I get the following:
1) Standard roof snow load = 36 PSF
2) Build-up accounting for Parapet = 134 PSF extending out 25 ft
3) Build-up ignoring Parapet = 189 PSF extending 40ft

Pretty significant reduction in loads taking this into account. The build-up on the high roof from the parapet would be 84 PSF extending 15ft.

ASCE 7-16 has new provisions for snow buildup on canopies, which is MUCH more realistic than previous versions of ASCE 7.

The angle of repose of snow is 30 degrees, so the snow drift (on top of the balanced snow) on the canopy is limited to a 30 degree angle from the edge of the canopy back toward the building.

DaveAtkins