Northeast is an employment or industrial area within Mississauga, with commercial and workplace uses playing a larger role than conventional residential development. The area is oriented more toward employment, industrial, office, logistics or commercial activity than toward conventional residential living. Housing may be limited or concentrated around the edges, while highway access, arterial roads, workplaces and large-format services typically matter more to the area's function. Within Mississauga, communities are connected by major road corridors, shopping and employment nodes, local and GO transit, parks and the city's river and waterfront systems.