72 (2016 population: 279) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the RM of Lake of the Rivers No.

[8] In the 2016 Census of Population, the RM of Lake of the Rivers No.

72 is governed by an elected municipal council and an appointed administrator that meets on the second Friday of every month.

[3] The reeve of the RM is Norm Nordgulen while its administrator is Shanese Mielke.